Published date: 20 September 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 20 December 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Excavating and earthmoving work - 45112000

  • Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services - 77000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£8,000,000 to £10,000,000

Procurement reference

KENT001-DN669286-89123503

Published date

20 September 2024

Closing date

20 December 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2024

Contract end date

31 August 2032

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Negotiated procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The arboriculture programmed works contract is required to ensure that KCC complies with its Duty of Care' under the Highway Act 1980 and fulfils its obligations in Common Law as a land and tree owner. \r
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The requirement is for the provision of highway tree works resulting from the Highway Soft Landscape Teams Tree Safety Audits. \r
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The successful Contractor(s) will be required to facilitate both Tree Maintenance and Tree Planting for their awarded lot.\r
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Tree maintenance: The service will provide for the removal of potentially hazardous trees and branches on both public and private property. The service will also facilitate removal of tree stumps and replacement tree planting. The service is provided primarily through programmed maintenance work with flexibility for additional ad-hoc provision. This service will include an additional provision for emergency tree clearance to supplement the primary 'Emergency Tree Works Contract' should extra resource be required during a declared emergency event. \r
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Tree planting: The service will include tree planting within the highway environment. Tree planting will include provision for required regulatory replacement tree planting, and scheme/grant led planting including associated aftercare and young tree maintenance to ensure successful establishment. Tree size for highway planting is 'heavy standard' nursery stock ranging from 12-16cm girth and planting sites are a combination of both hard and soft surface environments.\r
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This service will facilitate programmed and ad hoc tree maintenance works over a maximum eight-year period both on, and adjacent to the highway network, across the whole of the county (12 districts excluding Medway).

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

SC22272 Arboricultural Works Term Contract

  • Opportunity
  • Published 20 November 2023

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Award information

Awarded date

2 August 2024

Contract start date

1 September 2024

Contract end date

31 August 2032

Total value of contract

£14,403,806.29

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

Gristwood and Toms Ltd

Address

GU20 6LQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Total Award Value is Lot1-£5,557,256.00; however, the value has been expressed at the upper limit of the range due to the following considerations: Inflationary Changes, CE events, Services levels & Budgetary Changes. Contract initial term is 60months with optional extension of upto 36months.

G. Bridgland Ltd

Address

TN17 2LP

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Total Award Value is Lot2- £4,291,256.00; however, the value has been expressed at the upper limit of the range due to the following considerations: Inflationary Changes, CE events, Services levels & Budgetary Changes. Contract initial term is 60months with optional extension of upto 36months.

About the buyer

Address

Invicta House
Maidstone
ME14 1XX
England

Email

sccommercialteam@kent.gov.uk

Website

http://www.kent.gov.uk