Published date: 25 May 2017

Last edited date: 25 May 2017

This notice was replaced on 29 January 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 29 January 2018)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services - 77000000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£1,450,000

Procurement reference

RCCARB2017

Published date

25 May 2017

Closing date

26 May 2017

Contract start date

10 October 2017

Contract end date

10 October 2027

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Rutland County Council (RCC) on behalf of RCC and Melton Borough Council are seeking to procure the services of a reputable, experienced, reliable and skilled arboricultural services provider to provide planned and reactive arboricultural services/tree maintenance services across each of these local authorities for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a maximum of 5 further years subject to performance. The bulk of the services, about 90% by value, will be provided to RCC.

The appointed services provider will also be available to provide services to town councils and also to parish councils within the County of Rutland and Borough of Melton as required.

The appointed services provider must have sufficient capacity, capability, experience and resources - equipment, plant and suitably qualified and experienced operatives - to fulfil the Councils' requirements.

These include the capacity to respond to emergency 'call-outs' 24/7 throughout the year within a maximum of 2 hours, that is, 2 hours from initial contact to arriving on site.

Interested parties must satisfy the minimum requirements stated in the tender documents. These include specific resources, including workforce, plant and equipment and qualifications in respect of the types of skills or services that are required to fulfil the specified requirements.

All the Tender documents accompany this Notice - including a Response document that must be completed and returned by noon Friday 26th May 2017.

Questions regarding the tender process and the requirements of the contract will be accepted up to noon Friday 19th May 2017, that is, a week before the deadline for bids. Where the response to such questions is considered of relevance to all potential bidders, the response will be circulated to all interested parties who have registered their interest with the contact person for this tender.

Therefore it is important that all interested parties register their interest as soon as possible and by no later than noon Friday 12th May 2017 with Stuart Kidd, RCC skidd@rutland.gov.uk

More information

Attachments

Additional text

TUPE status
Please note, the current contractor's view is that TUPE does NOT apply to their workforce

CLARIFICATIONS
These will be up-loaded periodically to the Contract Notice as and when questions are received that are of relevance to all interested parties.

About the buyer

Contact name

Stuart Kidd

Address

Rutland County Council
Catmose
Oakham
LE15 6HP
England

Email

skidd@rutland.gov.uk