Published date: 20 January 2020
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Landscaping work - 45112700
Landscaping work for green areas - 45112710
Landscaping work for parks - 45112711
Landscaping work for cemeteries - 45112714
Tree-cutting services - 77211400
Tree-maintenance services - 77211500
Tree seeding - 77211600
Grounds maintenance services - 77314000
Tree pruning and hedge trimming - 77340000
Location of contract
BN27 2AX
Value of contract
£5,500,000 to £6,500,000
Procurement reference
WDC - 028453 - AWARD
Published date
20 January 2020
Closing date
18 October 2019
Contract start date
3 February 2020
Contract end date
2 February 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?
Yes
Description
Wealden District Council sought to appoint suitably qualified contractors to provide landscape management, landscape maintenance and arboriculture services. The work has been divided into three distinct lots.
Wealden is the largest district in East Sussex, covering 323 square miles, and is home to some 143,000 people. Half the population live in five main towns: Crowborough, Hailsham, Heathfield, Polegate and Uckfield. The rest live in villages and hamlets in some of the most attractive countryside in England.
With two-thirds of the district covered by the High Weald and Sussex Downs Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, as well as 34 conservation areas and over 2,500 listed buildings. Wealden has been classified as one of the most rural districts in England and has the largest amount of ancient woodland. The Council places a high value on protecting the countryside.
Lot One - Landscape Maintenance: Grass cutting, shrub, hedge and border maintenance, ditch and pond maintenance of all the Council's Housing Revenue Account and General Fund sites, including weed control.
Lot Two - Landscape Management: Delivery of management objectives through implementation of management prescriptions set out in the respective Landscape and Ecological Management Plans for each.
Lot Three - Arboriculture Services: Includes all arboriculture operations on the Council's Housing Revenue Account and General Fund Sites. Includes tree inspection and reporting and the maintaining, pruning, reinstating, planting and felling of trees.
The contract(s) will run for an initial period of 5 years from 03/02/2020 to 02/02/2025 with the option for two extensions, the first extension for 36 month and the second extension for 24 months.
Further information is available in the tender documentation.
Award information
Awarded date
23 December 2019
Contract start date
3 February 2020
Contract end date
2 February 2025
Total value of contract
£350,000
This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.
Chaffin Works
Address
Chapter House, Priesthawes Farm, Polegate, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN266QU
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
idverde Ltd
Address
Landscapes House, 3 Rye Hill Office Park, Birmingham Road,, Allesley, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom, CV5 9AB
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Adam Bennett (WDC)
Address
Hailsham
East Sussex
East Sussex
BN27 2AX
United Kingdom
Telephone
01323 443396
Website
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Closing: 18 October 2019