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title: "1030 Supply of Urban Trees (MARKET ENGAGEMENT)"
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# 1030 Supply of Urban Trees (MARKET ENGAGEMENT)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1030-supply-of-urban-trees-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-03ef11). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "1030 Supply of Urban Trees (MARKET ENGAGEMENT)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Trees
- **Delivery Location:** UKH
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ef11`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1030-supply-of-urban-trees-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-03ef11#tl-md)

## Description
Essex County Council (ECC), through The Essex Forest Initiative (EFI), has committed to planting £1 million worth of trees over five years from 2019. This includes planting 375,000 trees, over 150 hectares.
Essex County Council is seeking to procure at least 2200 containerised standards to plant in urban areas over winter 2023-24.
Ahead of publishing this opportunity in September 2023, the Authority is looking to assess the interest and capability of the market to provide and deliver the requirement as set out in the Project Description and would like to invite interested parties to register their interest in this opportunity and respond to the questionnaire that can be obtained via ProContract.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £300,000
- **Description:** Project Description
ECC are looking to appoint a contractor to provide and undertake the works as a principal contractor to supply 2220 standard trees within the area of Essex to commence Winter 2023 / 2024.
The supply and services will involve:
•	Su...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023564-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-11T11:50:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:10:54.341Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ef11