Official UK procurement notice
Tree Care Framework · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Oxfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionTree care provision is required throughout the Oxfordshire County and across a variety of site types. These include but are not limited to roads and footways; town centres; property / facilities; schools; agricultural / rural land; and rural public rights of way. The County has been broken down into 5 different 'Lots'. Oxford City Cherwell South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse West Oxfordshire
CPV: Horticultural services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Bids received
- 19 bids on the busiest of 5 lots · 10 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2026
- Scheme runs until
- 31 Mar 2034
- Buyer regions
- UKJ14
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- 2.50% of call-off value
Who may buy through it
Oxford City
Cherwell
South Oxfordshire
Vale of White Horse
West Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Council
Published description of the framework
This information is outlined in the tender documents.
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 3 and win at most 3 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 5 lots carries the same published figure, £1: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Oxford CityAwardedceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #2CherwellAwardedceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #3South OxfordshireAwardedceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #4Vale of White HorseAwardedceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #5West OxfordshireAwardedceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
What it takes to wini
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 43%
- Practical Health and Safety Assessment: 5%
- Price: 40%
- Social Value: 12%
Published award criteria (4)
- Price
- Quality
- Practical Health and Safety Assessment
- Social Value
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Tree Care Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- Oxford City Cherwell South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse West Oxfordshire Oxfordshire County Council · open scheme: new suppliers can join during the term
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Sept 2025, 16:20 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2026, 17:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
I-4383- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059847- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a276Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 13 Nov 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · 2.50% of call-off value
Please return your Tender via the Councils Portal at sebp.due-north.com ↗
Reference: DN774123
Timeline
25 Sept 2025 → 27 Jul 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published396 days ago25 Sept 2025, 16:20 BST
- Clarification questions by361 days ago30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends347 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown13 Nov 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by256 days ago12 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends103 days ago15 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent96 days ago23 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published91 days ago27 Jul 2026, 17:14 BST
Notice history
11 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Sept 2025- Tender notice published25 Sept 2025, 16:20 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published16 Oct 2025, 15:05 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 13 Nov 2025, 11:00 GMT16 Oct 2025, 15:05 BST+14 days · was 30 Oct 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published3 Jul 2026, 14:06 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete3 Jul 2026, 14:06 BST
- Contract award notice published15 Jul 2026, 12:44 BSTUK6
- Contract award notice published24 Jul 2026, 10:22 BSTUK6
- Contract award notice published27 Jul 2026, 17:14 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract signature expected24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract signature expected28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
New Deadlines: Tender Submission: November 13, 2025, at 11:00 am Clarification Deadline: October 30, 2025, at 5:00 pm (17:00 hours)
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-07: 1 release · 3 Jul 2026
- 2025-10: 1 release · 16 Oct 2025
- 2025-09: 1 release · 25 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast£1,000,000 is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 10 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 10 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Oxford City | 19final-stage tenders | 19 | 0 | — |
| 2 · Cherwell | 8final-stage tenders | 8 | 0 | — |
| 3 · South Oxfordshire | 11final-stage tenders | 11 | 0 | — |
| 4 · Vale of White Horse | 12final-stage tenders | 12 | 0 | — |
| 5 · West Oxfordshire | 7final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
10 commercial parties on the notice- ACREMANS ARBORICULTURE LTDFramework contractor
- BEECHWOOD TREE SERVICES NORTHWEST LTDFramework contractor
- BEECHWOOD TREES AND LANDSCAPES LTDFramework contractor
- BOWARD TREE SURGERY (OXFORD) LIMITEDFramework contractor
- CONNICK TREE SERVICES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- GROUNDLORD LTDFramework contractor
- HEARTWOOD TREE SURGEONS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- RINGROSE TREE SERVICES LTDFramework contractor
- SOUTH BUCKS TREE SURGEONS LTDFramework contractor
- TREETECH ARBORICULTURAL SERVICES LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (23)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications To access the tender documents, please register on the e-tendering portal using this link: https://sebp.due-north.com/ Then, search for the tender reference DN774123 to view and download the documents.
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