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Published 26 Oct 2021, 18:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

Official notice

Authority: Cambridge City Council (Local council)

Framework agreement3 lotsGoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products (03) Delivery: East of England (UKH12)
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 30 Jun 2021
Lots 3see the lot list below

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement 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 over 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, 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 varied in scope and scale, ranging from one off specialist tree operations to routine maintenance of batches of a thousand or more trees.

The services are grouped into three lots. Each lot will be subject to specific service response times and have a minimum number of suppliers for 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.
  • 3 or more suppliers.
  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.

Lot 3

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

CPV: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products · Forestry and logging products

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
9 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 6 suppliers appointed

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded

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
Delivery: East of England
03000000 Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
Lot #2• Tree maintenance servicesAwarded
  • Tree maintenance services.
  • 3 or more suppliers.
  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.
Delivery: East of England
03000000 Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
Lot #3- Tree planting and establishment servicesAwarded
  • Tree planting and establishment services.
  • Works to be completed to agreed schedules.
  • 3 or more suppliers
Delivery: East of England
03000000 Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural…” 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
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
26 Oct 2021, 18:12 BST
Last source update
26 Oct 2021, 18:12 BST
Authority reference
DN516487
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-026836
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related productsForestry and logging products
Delivery area
East of England (UKH12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f041 Find a Tender

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 6admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 99 from SMEs · busiest of 3 lots
Contracts signed 14latest 30 Jun 2021

14 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 8 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £65,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    £70,000
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    £70,000
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • ambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    £70,000
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    £70,000
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    £70,000
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    £70,000
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Cambridge City Council - Framework Agreement for Arboricultural Services 2021 - 2025

    Signed
    30 Jun 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Lot 19bids · 9 electronic9——
2 · • Tree maintenance services9bids · 9 electronic8——
3 · - Tree planting and establishment services9bids · 9 electronic8——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cambridge City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cambridge City Council, Guildhall, Cambridge, East of England, CB2 3QJContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

12 commercial parties on the notice
Show 2 more suppliers

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.