Environment and Forestry Directorate debt recovery and collection of fines: FOI release

Information requested

I  am  writing  to  you  under  the  Freedom  of  Information  Act 2000 to request  the  following information relating to debt recovery and the collection of fines from the Environment and Forestry Directorate:

• Beyond those tenders currently in the public domain, what opportunities are currently in your procurement pipeline in relation to the following services:
  • Debt collection
  • Debt recovery
  • Enforcement services
• For those opportunities which are currently in the pipeline, what is the estimated contract value for each individual pipeline opportunity (given in £1000s of pounds)?
• For those opportunities currently in the pipeline, can you provide an expected timetable for the future tendering of those opportunities (please provide the timeline on a month-by- month basis or describe, in months, the estimated tender process length)?
• For those opportunities currently in the pipeline, please could you also include:
  • Whether there is an option for extension, and, if so, how long that extension is.
  • The current supplier or suppliers (if applicable).
  • Key individuals involved in the procurement process.
     

Response

Scottish Forestry has no current contracts in place and nothing in our procurement pipeline for services relating to debt collection, recovery or enforcement services.

This is because Scottish Forestry does not undertake, or very rarely undertakes, activities which create a transaction resulting in a debt or monies being owed to the Agency. Payments under our forestry grant programmes  are  made  and  managed  by  the Scottish Government’s Rural Payments  and  Inspections  Division (RPID), and any debt resulting from amended claims or overpayments is managed and pursued by RPID.

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