Pre-tender

TimberLINK Services

Details

Value
£4,725,000
Topic
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Published
25 August 2026

Tender description

The TimberLINK Public Service Contract (PSC) is a timber transport and shipping service established in 2000 to transport around 75,000 tonnes of timber per annum from various forest locations to ports in Argyll, then via sea, and onwards to a range of markets in Ayrshire. A subsidy is available to resource this service. The five-year contract, which totals 4.725GBP million capped at 0.945GBP million per annum, will run from 01 April 2027 until 31 March 2032 inclusive. Lot 1: The TimberLINK Public Service Contract (PSC) is a timber transport and shipping service established in 2000 to transport around 75,000 tonnes of timber per annum from various forest locations to ports in Argyll, then via sea, and onwards to a range of markets in Ayrshire. A subsidy is available to resource this service. The five-year contract, which totals 4.725GBP million capped at 0.945GBP million per annum, will run from 01 April 2027 until 31 March 2032 inclusive.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published25 August 2026
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About the buyer

Scottish Forestry is an executive agency of the Scottish Government, and buys as a central government organisation. The agency is responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation, including woodland grants. Multi-supplier frameworks cover work such as tree health pest and disease surveys in four lots. A separate policy support framework covers tree health policy and communications. Interim professional roles, such as business analysts, are bought by inviting candidate submissions.

Over the past 5 years, most of Scottish Forestry's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.

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