Published date: 19 October 2020

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 2 November 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Trees - 03452000

Location of contract

London

Procurement reference

TFL001-DN505343-25670991

Published date

19 October 2020

Closing date

2 November 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Royal Docks (an area of East London within the London Borough of Newham) are planning to plant approximately 280 trees this planting season, with a current expectation of further planting of approximately 100-150 trees in the following planting season. To that end we are intending to issue a tender at the beginning of November. In order for your bid to be considered you will need to be able to meet all of our species and size requirements (sizes will be detailed further in the tender specification) although we will consider (at our sole discretion) changes where unavoidable.

Our currently anticipated species requirements are as follows:

Acer campestre (Field maple),
Acer cappadocicum,
Acer platanoides 'crimson king',
Acer pseudoplatanus,
Acer rubrum,
Alnus glutinosa,
Betula nigra (River birch),
Betula pendula (Silver birch),
Corylus avellana,
Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair),
Juniperus communis (Juniper),
Liquidambar styraciflua (Worplesdon),
Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine),
Populus tremula (Aspen),
Populus tremula 'Erecta',
Prunus accolade,
Prunus avium 'Plena' (Plena Cherry),
Prunus serrulata 'Sunset boulevard',
Pyrus communis 'Conference',
Quercus robur,
Robinia Pseudoacacia,
Salix caprea (Goat willow),
Salix fragilis (Crack willow),
Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan),
Swamp cypress (Taxodium distichum),
Taxus baccata (Common yew). If you are interested in bidding for this opportunity please register your organisation on our tender portal and submit an expression of interest in response to this opportunity (by searching via https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?tabName=opportunities&resetFilter=True). You will be sent a link to download the tender documents once they have been issued. We are currently intending to issue the tender in early November so please note that no documents are available to download currently. Please also note: TfL (on behalf of the GLA) will carry out a basic financial check on bidders using the company registration number you are registered with on the tendering portal, and reserve the right to exclude any companies that, in the sole determination of TfL, are unable to demonstrate sufficient financial strength to fulfil the requirements of this contract. Please note that the deadline to submit an Expression of Interest for this opportunity is 5pm on 2nd November 2020.

About the buyer

Contact name

Alex Gordon

Address

Palestra
197 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8NJ
England

Telephone

+44 12345

Email

v_alexgordon@tfl.gov.uk

Website

https://tfl.gov.uk