Arboricultural Framework

Bedford Borough CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05a8a5Procurement Act 2023SME suitableactive
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Estimated value

Awarded value

Suppliers

3

2 SME

Lots

3

3 awarded

Published

10 Feb 2026

Description

This contract opportunity relates to supplying Bedford Borough Council (the Client) with a comprehensive range of arboricultural services. Typically, this will be for trees associated with the Council's Clean, Safe and Green Services which is responsible for managing trees in the Borough's highways, parks and amenity open spaces, equating to approximately 30,000 trees.

Scope

Reference
BBC EN 03993
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
01 Feb 2026 to 31 Jan 2030
Possible extension to 31 Jan 2031

+ 1 year

CPV classifications
03452000
77211300
77211400
77211500
77211600
77340000
Contract locations
East of England, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
A1 Emergency out of hours service - Method Statementquality25.00%
A2 Staffing capacities and capabilitiesquality20.00%
A3 Social Valuequality5.00%
A4 Priceprice50.00%
B1 General Tree Maintenance - Method Statementquality25.00%
B2 Staffing capacities and capabilitiesquality20.00%
B3 Contract Managementquality10.00%
B4 Social Valuequality5.00%
B5 Priceprice40.00%
C1 Tree Planting and Establishment - Method Statementquality25.00%
C2 Staffing capacities and capabilitiesquality20.00%
C3 Contract Managementquality10.00%
C4 Social Valuequality5.00%
C5 Priceprice40.00%

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details· 3 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

Award date

Contract start

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Lots · 3 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Emergency (out of normal working hours) servicecomplete
2Tree Maintenance Servicecomplete
3Tree Planting and establishment servicecomplete