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# Passive Acoustic Monitoring Equipment

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/passive-acoustic-monitoring-equipment-ocds-h6vhtk-060431). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Forestry Commission: "Passive Acoustic Monitoring Equipment". Published status: complete. Published Value: £341,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: app.panacea-software.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Forestry Commission](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/forestry-commission-gov-d85)
- **Published Value:** £341,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 February 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Machines and apparatus with individual functions
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £256,733 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/passive-acoustic-monitoring-equipment-ocds-h6vhtk-060431#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-060431`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/passive-acoustic-monitoring-equipment-ocds-h6vhtk-060431#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [app.panacea-software.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.panacea-software.com%2FForestryCommission%2FeRFX-Suppliers%2FOpen.aspx%3FrequirementId%3Db76fd353-5376-43a2-8a04-37b8020c1c39)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/passive-acoustic-monitoring-equipment-ocds-h6vhtk-060431#participate

## Description
Forestry England have completed a tender for a supply contract for four hundred (400) Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) units with Full Spectrum Ultrasonic and Audible monitoring capability.
This is to provide biodiversity data as part of the monitoring programme across our suite of Wild Area project sites. This will inform progress towards our nature recovery objectives and our management planning.
The wild area project sites are large and remote with difficult terrain. So the PAM units to be autonomous, accurate, robust and low maintenance, with a high power source and data storage capacity to facilitate long recording periods with minimum maintenance and data downloading requirements during the spring and summer monitoring periods.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 31640000

- **Estimated Value:** £341,000

- **Contract Period:** 06/03/2026 to 29/04/2026

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Wildlife Acoustics Inc.**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PHVQ-5667-VVMG`
  - Value: £256,733 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 13/03/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £297,279
  - Signed Date: 26/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006784-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-15T13:12:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T11:48:36.269Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-060431