Official UK procurement notice
ANDBC Framework for the Provision of Arboricultural Services
Authority: Ards and North Down Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProposals are sought by Ards and North Down Borough Council for the appointment of suppliers onto an Arboricultural services framework. This will include planned maintenance works as well as emergency work. The framework duration will be initially for 1 year, with the possibility of extension for 3 further periods of 12 months. The procurement process will appoint the eight highest scoring suppliers to the framework. Thereafter a mini competition will be progressed for individual works. Further detail is provided in the tender documentation. ***Please note, this is a re-issued tender. The original tender process was abandoned and the tender documentation has now been revised to include a number of improvements and amendments. Tenderers must satisfy themselves that they have read and understood all tender documentation within this opportunity before submitting their response***.
CPV: Tree pruning · Tree pruning and hedge trimming · Tree-clearing services · Tree-cutting services · Tree-maintenance services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 8 suppliers · 9 bids received (1.1 per place) · 8 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£240,000
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)
- Qualitative Criteria: 70%
- Quantitative Criteria: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 70
- Quantitative Criteria: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “ANDBC Framework for the Provision of Arboricultural Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 8 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 18 Jul 2024, 09:36 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Nov 2024, 13:17 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Aug 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-037826- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047e50Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Ards and North Down Borough Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day Standstill Period following electronic notification to unsuccessful applicants of the award decision..
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Aug 2024, 12:30 BST
Timeline
19 Aug 2024 → 19 Feb 2025 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened19 Aug 2024, 12:30 BST
- Notice published22 Nov 2024, 13:17 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until19 Feb 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete22 Nov 2024, 13:17 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract
- Signed
- 6 Nov 2024
- Value
- £240,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9bids · 9 electronic · 8 from abroad | 8 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Procurement ManagerReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
8 commercial parties on the notice- GLENDALE TREE SERVICESFramework contractor
- GREENTOWN ENVIRONMENTAL LTDFramework contractor
- John Courtney Tree SurgeryFramework contractor
- M Large Tree Services LtdFramework contractor
- MURPHYS TREE SERVICE LTDFramework contractor
- SPR MCGOWAN TREE SERVICESFramework contractor
- TRISTAN KINNEAR LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Woodlawn LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria