Arboricultural Service and Maintenance Contract

Concepts

• croydon
• agriculture, fishing and forestry
• term service contracts
• arboricultural service
• term service maintenance contract
• maintenance functions
• range of arboricultural services
• proposed service
• maintenance
• reactive maintenance

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

London Borough of Croydon (‘The Council’) is seeking to appoint one leading provider suitably qualified and experienced contractor in relation to entering into a term service contracts to deliver a range of arboricultural services and maintenance functions. The proposed service shall include works are aligned in the following areas: (a) Tree works and management; (b) Tree survey and inspection; (c) Planned maintenance; (d) Reactive maintenance A term service maintenance contract for The London Borough of Croydon’s trees and woodlands team manages trees across Highways, Parks & Open Spaces, Housing land, Woodlands, and other Council Estates land. This comprises of Approximately 35,00 street trees, 500 hectares of woodlands, and Approximately 20,000 trees across our 127 Parks and Housing sites and Crematoria, this is within an area of 87km², this extends from Upper Norwood in the north to Old Coulsdon in the south. The London Borough of Croydon is supported by a road network of 726km. The contract will be for an estimated value of £7,500,000 (excluding VAT) across 5 years with the option to extend for 1 or more times up to a maximum of 5 years.

Total Quantity or Scope

The contract will be for a value of £7,500,000 (excluding VAT) across 5 years with the option to extend for 1 or more times up to a maximum of 5 years.

Renewal Options

London Borough of Croydon (‘The Council’) is seeking to appoint one leading provider suitably qualified and experienced contractor in relation to entering into a term service contracts to deliver a range of arboricultural services and maintenance functions. The proposed service shall include works are aligned in the following areas: (a) Tree works and management; (b) Tree survey and inspection; (c) Planned maintenance; (d) Reactive maintenance

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
• 03452000 - Trees
• 77211300 - Tree-clearing services
• 77211400 - Tree-cutting services
• 77211500 - Tree-maintenance services
• 77211600 - Tree seeding
• 77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The contract estimated value is based on the Council estimated volume requirements, however this is a Zero guarantee contract and therefore the actual volume required and contract value may differ to contract value set out in this notice. The Council is using the London Tenders portal to conduct this exercise, which can be accessed using this link https://www.londontenders.org/ The use of this system allows a full audit trail of communication with providers to ensure fair treatment as well as to maintain full confidentiality. If you require assistance in using the London Tenders portal please contact their Support Helpdesk by email ProContractTenderers@proactis.com for all support issues. This will auto-log a support ticket. On logging a ticket, if you have not already logged one before, you will be issued with a registration email that will give you instructions to allow you to log in, log, review and update your own tickets. In emergency situations you can contact their Support Service Desk on +44 (0)20 7539 2828. Please note the Support Service Desk will not be able to answer any market test specific enquiries. The Council reserves the right, subject to the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to change without notice the basis of any part of the procurement process or to cancel the procurement at any time and not to proceed with the award of any contract at any stage of the procurement process.