Creation of Scottish Bracken Mapping Layer
Reference ocds-r6ebe6-0000808187 · The City of Edinburgh Council
Closed. Submission deadline: 22 September 2025.
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Section 1 – Introduction 1. The Scottish Government, on behalf of Scottish Ministers, is seeking to contract a third party service provider to map the presence of bracken in Scotland. This tender does not specify the methodology to be used, however the methodology adopted must achieve the outputs and key deliverables identified later in this document. A key requirement is that the methodology is developed in liaison with Scottish Government geospatial analysts to ensure it is fit-for-purpose, replicable in-house, and can be updated in future. Section 2 – Background & Context 2. Bracken is a native fern and woodland plant, however it can be invasive and the impacts associated with uncontrolled bracken intersect many areas, including rural productivity (loss of grazing), impact on biodiversity (particularly on sensitive habitats such as species-rich grassland and moorland), forestry (as a barrier to tree establishment), public health (in relation to potential tick harbourage and direct toxicity) as well as impact on the integrity and maintenance of historic monuments. 3. There are several evidence gaps relating to the impact of bracken in Scotland, underpinning these gaps…
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