21132 2022Cambridgeshire County Council Arboricultural and Major Tree Works Framework

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking to award a framework agreement for the provision of arboriculture services within the County boundaries. The Council manages around 150,000 trees in educational settings, not including those on the highway, or other land - properties. The framework will encompass a wide range of tree maintenance to ensure the upkeep of the existing trees stock in line with the Councils' landlord responsibilities, this will also include maintenance of trees on Council sites including Highways. It is envisaged that the framework will consist of 6 providers, with the order of allocation of the work being: - framework ranking - packaged up and issued as mini-competitions through this framework, with the criteria for the mini competitions ranging from a Quality/Price evaluation between 70% Price 30% Quality depending on required outcomes for each package of work. - emergency Rates submitted as part of this main Tender process shall be capped for all subsequent mini-competitions, with providers given the option to go below but not above their submitted rates. Such capped rates shall be held firm for the full 4 years of the framework. The Authority have invested in an e-tendering tool in order to facilitate its tendering processes in a compliant and transparent manner. Potential Providers will need to register an account via the "Procontract Portal" at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register before being able to view the full tender details. In order to access the tender documentation, click "Find Opportunities", then on the drop-down menu, filter by "Cambridgeshire Public Services" by clicking on "Update" to find the relevant opportunity or alternatively within the organisations drop down select Cambridgeshire County Council to also find the relevant opportunity. Please ensure that you read the tender documents carefully in order to be aware of the requirements and relevant deadlines. The Council reserves the right to award all, part or none of the business forming the subject matter of this procurement and to abandon, halt, pause, or postpone this procurement at any time. Under no circumstances will the Council incur any liability (including, but not limited to, liability as to costs) in respect of this procurement exercise, the abandonment of the same, or any documentation issued as part of this procurement exercise.