Official UK procurement notice
Arboricultural Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Buckinghamshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionBuckinghamshire Council invites Tenders for the Provision of Arboricultural Services. The Contract covers a range of tree works operations, from tree planting and aftercare, to more specialist tree surgery operations that require specialist equipment and training.
The Council intends to let Framework Agreement(s) in 2 Lots.
Potential suppliers may submit a tender for Lot 1 and/or Lot 2
- Lot 1 – Provision of Tree maintenance and associated operations
- Lot 2 – Tree planting and aftercare operations
CPV: Planting and maintenance services of green areas · Tree pruning and hedge trimming · Tree seeding · Tree-clearing services · Tree-cutting services · Tree-maintenance services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published valueLot #1Tree management and associated operationsPublished value£1,000,000
This Lot covers a range of tree works operations from hedge cutting, to more specialist tree surgery operations that require specialist equipment and training. The work includes, but is not limited to;
- Formative pruning.
- Dead wood management.
- Crown lifting.
- Crown thinning.
- Crown reduction and reshaping.
- Structural pruning to develop natural crowns
- Pollarding/ re-pollarding
- Epicormic and basal growth removal.
- Pleaching
- Tree felling/dismantling
- Stump treatment or removal.
- Hedge management.
- Maintenance of trees on or adjacent to a Highway including traffic management.
- Specialist veteran tree management, such as fracture pruning and/or veteranisation
- Cable bracing and propping.
- Soil amelioration.
- Root pruning Additional information: The Council is looking to appoint up to a maximum of 5 contractors to this Lot. Work will be called off by Direct award in accordance with the procurement documents.
Lot #2Tree plantingPublished value£160,000
This Lot covers all aspects of tree planting and establishment.
Maintenance of trees shall include weeding, report the presence of tree pest insects and/or diseases, pruning adjustments, soil level checks, and the removal of arisings resulting from the maintenance work, watering, dead wood removal and other operations necessary for the survival and successful establishment of the newly planted trees and whips.
This lot does not include for the provision of the trees Additional information: The Council is looking to appoint up to a maximum of 2 contractors to this Lot. Work will be called off by Direct award in accordance with the procurement documents.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Arboricultural Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Apr 2022, 08:36 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Apr 2022, 08:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Jun 2022 – …
- Authority reference
DN538638- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-010885- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033123Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Review procedures are as set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Proceedings under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 are time limited, and any such proceedings must be brought in the High Court of England and Wales
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 13 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 13 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
28 Apr 2022 → 13 Jun 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published28 Apr 2022, 08:36 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown13 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened13 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria