Published date: 12 December 2017

Last edited date: 12 December 2017

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


Closing: 14 June 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Tree-clearing services - 77211300

  • Tree-cutting services - 77211400

  • Tree-maintenance services - 77211500

    • Tree seeding - 77211600

    • Horticultural services - 77300000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£60,000 to £120,000

Procurement reference

CAMBDC001-DN276051-13269265

Published date

12 December 2017

Closing date

14 June 2017

Contract start date

2 July 2017

Contract end date

2 January 2018

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 around 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 for existing trees 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 very varied in scope and scale ranging from one off specialist tree operations to routine maintenance of batches of a thousand or more trees.

The requirement is split into three lots. Each lot will be subject to specific service response times and a minimum number of suppliers on 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
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. 3 or more suppliers

Lot 3: Tree planting and establishment services. Works to be completed to agreed schedules. Three or more suppliers

More information

Links

Award information

Awarded date

30 June 2017

Contract start date

2 July 2017

Contract end date

2 January 2018

Total value of contract

£120,000

This contract was awarded to 5 suppliers.

Gardenworks Tree Surgery Ltd

Address

The Coach House, Lode Fen, Lode, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9HD, United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Glendale Countryside Ltd

Address

The Coach House, Duxbury Hall Road<, Duxbury Park,, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 4AT, United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Mercer Tree Service Ltd

Address

10 Petlands, Little Walden, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1XF, United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

JW Salmon Arboricultural Ltd

Address

Lower Farm, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, SG9 9RW, United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

SP Landscapes and Tree Contractors

Address

Arboracre, Elms Road, Red Lodge, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8TD, United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Heidi Parker

Address

Cambridge City Council
Guildhall
Cambridge
CB2 3QJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1223458051

Email

Heidi.Parker@cambridge.gov.uk