Official UK procurement notice
1030 Supply of Urban Trees
Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEssex County Council’s tree planting project, the Essex Forest Initiative (EFI), is looking to procure a maximum of 2220 10-14cm containerised standard trees with their resultant trees stakes and ties to plant/install across the county as part of the delivery of climate and environmental benefits for people and wildlife.
CPV: Trees
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1As part of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund and Local Authority Treescape fund…Awarded
As part of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund and Local Authority Treescape fund requirements, Essex County Council is seeking a Plant Healthy tree nursery who can deliver a maximum of 2220 high quality, healthy, containerised trees to our planting contractors in time for the winter planting season 2023/24. We will also require suitable trees stakes and ties. Initial delivery will be in November 2023 and subsequent deliveries can be made up until February 2024. We have an agreed species list.
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 (2)
- Technical: 30%
- price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 30
- Price: 70
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Sept 2023, 09:24 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Nov 2023, 13:16 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Sept 2023 – …
- Authority reference
DN683463- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-034814- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04027bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 21 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
21 Sept 2023 → 24 Nov 2023 · 4 dates- Bids opened21 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline23 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts15 Nov 2023
- Notice published24 Nov 2023, 13:16 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete24 Nov 2023, 13:16 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcham Trees PlcSME | £277,253 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 034814-2023-1 · Barcham Trees PlcSME
- Signed
- 23 Nov 2023
- Value
- £277,253
- Period
- … – 14 Mar 2024
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Barcham Trees PlcAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.