Official UK procurement notice
Arboricultural Services for Peterborough
Authority: Peterborough City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPeterborough City Council manages and maintains a significant and diverse tree stock in line with the Council's Trees and Woodland Strategy. This currently comprises approximately 40,000 specimen trees across a wide range of locations within the unitary authority boundary, including highways, parks, open spaces, cemeteries, churchyards, allotments, schools and the Crematorium, together with other public assets.
The Council is committed to maintaining a safe, healthy and sustainable urban forest that contributes positively to the environment, biodiversity, climate resilience and the wellbeing of residents. The Council is therefore seeking a competent Arboricultural Association (ARB) Approved contractor to deliver a range of arboricultural services within the Peterborough area, to support this endeavour.
The contract duties will include:
- Tree pruning and crown management.
- Tree felling and dismantling operations.
- Emergency call-out and storm response services.
- Stump removal and management.
- Young tree maintenance and establishment.
- Highway and public realm tree maintenance.
- Woodland and shelterbelt management.
- Management of pests, diseases and invasive species where required.
The purpose of the contract will be to support the delivery of these objectives through planned and reactive arboricultural maintenance services.
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The anticipated contract commencement is 1st April 2027 with an initial term of 5 years and the option for a further five optional extensions of 12 months each.
- Not divided into lots: The Council is seeking to appoint a single contractor to provide the Services, ensuring a cohesive, consistent and efficient service. Dividing the requirement into Lots would create unnecessary contract management complexity and could adversely affect service integration and performance.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Sept 2033, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Tree pruning · Tree-cutting services · Tree-maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£7,000,000
- Value
- £7,000,000 exc. VAT · £8,400,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- After the initial term there will be the option to extend for five twelve-month (1 year) periods, forming a total potential contract period of 10 years.
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).
- Technical & professional abilityArboricultural Association (ARB) Approved Contractor
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Peterborough City Council buys Logging services (CPV 7721) — and who usually turns up
Peterborough City Council’s own published record, next to the East of England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Logging services (CPV 7721) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Peterborough City Council
contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 7721 · 3 in division 77 · 89 in all categories (19 without competition · 18 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 23 lots. 10 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 13 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 23 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 15 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 11 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 127 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 77), last 36 months: 3 notices.
East of England · Logging services (CPV 7721)
contract notices delivered in East of England in 36 months: 26 in CPV 7721 (21 competed, 5 route not published) · 164 in division 77 (143 competed, 15 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7721), last 36 months: 13 lots. 7 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6) and 6 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7721), last 36 months: 13 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7721), last 36 months: 6 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7721), last 36 months: 6 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7721), last 36 months: 11 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7721), last 36 months: 46 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 15 lots (all categories), applied to the £7,000,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Already supplying a similar contract to Peterborough City Council i
Who holds similar work with this buyer now.
Winners of this buyer’s earlier contracts that match this tender by title, lot, buyer and category.
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Who holds similar work with this buyer now.
Winners of this buyer’s earlier contracts that match this tender by title, lot, buyer and category.
| Supplier | Earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Ground Care LtdPrior contract | Weed Spraying Services - Peterborough | Weed Spraying Services - Peterborough | £500k | 52% match |
Earlier contracts of this authority that the nightly matcher links to this notice by title, lot, buyer and CPV. Open the contract before treating anyone as the incumbent.
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gristwood and Toms Limited | 17 class wins | 6 months ago | at estimate n=4 | 62% |
| Boarstatant Limited t/a Cook Arboricultural Services | 4 class wins | 8 months ago | 18% above n=1 | 59% |
| Glendale Countryside Limited Large | 15 class wins | this month | at estimate n=11 | 59% |
| K.P.S. Contractors Limited | 3 class wins | 8 months ago | 32% above n=1 | 58% |
| Iceni Tree Care Ltd SME | 2 class wins | 22 months ago | no comparable pairs | 57% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s middle value on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 7721 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
What this replaces i
The earlier contract this tender most likely replaces.
Matched on title, category and buyer. The match percentage says how close the titles are.
42% title match.
A likely match, not a published link.
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The earlier contract this tender most likely replaces.
Matched on title, category and buyer. The match percentage says how close the titles are.
42% title match.
A likely match, not a published link.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (42% title match) — the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Weed Spraying Services - Peterborough — held by Empire Ground Care Ltd; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Sept 2033
- First published
- 30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
DN811915- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dce3Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published56 days ago5 Aug 2026, 16:49 BST
- Market engagement42 days ago19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise is to gain a better understanding of the current arboricultural services market. Interested organisations are invited to review the Expression of Interest document via the ProContract portal and provide responses to a series of more…
questions relating to their organisation, experience and capability. Clarification questions should be submitted using the messaging function via the event on the ProContract portal. The link to the opportunity advert can be found here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=583c9976-c890-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True Participation in this engagement exercise is voluntary and will not form part of any future assessment process. - Tender notice published2 days ago28 Sept 2026, 21:29 BST
- Next notice expected1 day ago30 Sept 2026, 00:59 BST
- Latest notice published1 day ago30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
- Clarification questions byin 16 days16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 23 days23 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 61 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 182 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Aug 2026- Tender notice published30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £7,000,00030 Sept 2026, 09:42 BSTwas £5,000,000
- Tender notice published28 Sept 2026, 21:29 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active28 Sept 2026, 21:29 BST
- Deadline published: 23 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST28 Sept 2026, 21:29 BST
- Pipeline notice published28 Sept 2026, 21:04 BSTUK1
- Published value updated to £5,000,00028 Sept 2026, 21:04 BSTwas £4,900,000
- Status changed to planned28 Sept 2026, 21:04 BST
- Procurement method changed28 Sept 2026, 21:04 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Aug 2026, 16:49 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Revision of the available extensions term and contract value.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-08: 1 release · 5 Aug 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender