Published date: 8 February 2023

Last edited date: 8 February 2023

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


Closing: 28 October 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Trees - 03452000

  • Tree seeding - 77211600

Location of contract

WR5 2NP

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-336-2958-WCC 00002958 - AWARD

Published date

8 February 2023

Closing date

28 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 December 2022

Contract end date

28 February 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Background

Worcestershire County Council has pledged to plant 150,000 trees over the next 5 years as its commitment to biodiversity, climate change, access to the countryside and health and wellbeing. Several sites owned by WCC are being put forward for the creation of new woodlands.

The phase 1 site, New Farm, Norton, Evesham is a former Council smallholding which is being developed as a mixed habitat site. This tender is for the planting of the new native broadleaf woodland areas.


Tender Purpose

This tender is for the phase 1 tree planting of 34,720 (Appendix 3) saplings on New farm during the autumn / winter of 2022/23.

The ground has been prepared by either previously arable fields being sown with a pollinator mix or existing permanent grassland that will have been cut / grazed short in preparation for the planting season.

The site consists of 4 main compartments as per the attached map (Appendix 2) with compartment 1 being sub divided into three parts 1a, 1b and 1c

Award information

Awarded date

7 November 2022

Contract start date

14 December 2022

Contract end date

28 February 2023

Total value of contract

£146,325.04

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Silver Tree Services (STS) Ltd

Address

Shurdington Nurserys, Whitelands Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, GL514TX

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

John Bailey

Address

Spetchley Road
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 2NP
United Kingdom

Telephone

01905643704

Email

JBailey1@worcestershire.gov.uk