Published date: 27 October 2021

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


Closing: 25 January 2021, 12pm

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

27 October 2021

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.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

  • Opportunity
  • Published 15 December 2020

Links

Award information

Awarded date

8 April 2021

Contract start date

19 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£975,000

This contract was awarded to 6 suppliers.

Acorn Environmental Management Group

Address

B98 9HF

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Eden Tree Specialists Ltd

Address

MK41 9SE

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

Glendale Countryside Ltd

Address

PR7 4AT

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Gristwood and Toms Ltd

Address

WD7 9EG

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Mercer Tree Services Ltd

Address

CB10 1XF

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

SP Landscapes and Tree Contractors

Address

IP28 8TD

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jane Whiteman-Turl

Address

Cambridge City Council
Guildhall
Cambridge
CB2 3QJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 7398632266

Email

Jane.Whiteman-Turl@cambridge.gov.uk