Published date: 15 December 2020
This notice was replaced on 27 October 2021
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 27 October 2021)
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Contract summary
Industry
Forestry and logging products - 03400000
Location of contract
East of England
Value of contract
£975,000
Procurement reference
CAMBDC001-DN516487-37483272
Published date
15 December 2020
Closing date
25 January 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
9 April 2021
Contract end date
31 March 2025
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
Cambridge City Council is seeking to award a framework agreement to Arboricultural Association accredited 'ARB approved contractors', for the provision of arboricultural services within the city boundaries.
The council manages over 25,000 trees including those on the highway, communal housing land, open spaces and nature reserves. The framework will encompass a wide range of tree maintenance services, as well as tree planting and establishment services for new trees. Work tasks under the framework will be raised on an ongoing basis and be varied in scope and scale, ranging from one off specialist tree operations to routine maintenance of batches of a thousand or more trees.
The services are grouped into three lots. Each lot will be subject to specific service response times and have a minimum number of suppliers for each lot (subject to satisfactory market response). The lot details are as follows:
Lot 1
• Tree maintenance services - Emergency out of hours Service.
• 3 or more suppliers
1. Emergency (Out of normal working hours) service. Service response time on site within 90 minutes
Lot 2
• Tree maintenance services.
• 3 or more suppliers.
1. Emergency (In normal working hours) service. Service response time on site within 120 minutes
2. High priority. Works to be completed within 24 hours
3. Priority service. Works to be completed within 5 days
4. Planned maintenance service. Works to be completed to agreed schedules.
Lot 3
• Tree planting and establishment services.
• Works to be completed to agreed schedules.
• 3 or more suppliers.
About the buyer
Contact name
Jane Whiteman-Turl
Address
Cambridge City Council
Guildhall
Cambridge
CB2 3QJ
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 7398632266
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