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Arboricultural Services for Swale Borough Council

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BuyerSwale Borough Council
StatusClosed
Deadline31 Aug 2026
Value£262,500
Published6 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Swale Borough Council is inviting Expressions of Interest to tender for arboricultural services. The contract will involve undertaking a range of arboricultural services, the contractor is expected to provide a suitably qualified team with van, chipper and equipment. It is estimated that the contractor will provide one day per week split between climbing and ground works, Swale Borough Council will provide a list of works for the team and prioritise their workload. The contract shall commence on 15th January 2027 and terminate on 14th January 2030. The council may extend the opportunity for a further 2 years on a 1yr + 1yr basis. The tender/s who submit/s the Most Advantageous Tender will be awarded the contract. Expressions of Interest and the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document must be submitted / uploaded on the Council's e-tendering portal. The closing date for submission of Expressions of Interest and the closing date for the ITT is 31st August 2026 at 09:00hrs. All communication / clarifications must be submitted via the e-tendering portal. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Sittingbourne:-Agricultural,-forestry,-horticultural,-aquacultural-and-apicultural-services./K5GMDUZKP6 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/K5GMDUZKP6

Delivery location

UKJ4, GB · UKJ4, GB

Categories

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services 77000000

Lot details

Groundwork days and climbing days

There are three pricing options, option 1 (51days) will be used as the baseline figure for the contract and options 2&3 (55 or 60 days) could be used if they are commercially viable. Tenderers must price all three options. Option one, split 21 ground work days (2 man team) and 30 Climbing work days (3 man team). Option two, 25 ground/ 30 climbing. Option three, 28 ground / 32 climbing.

Statusactive
Value£175,000
Contract periodFrom 15 Jan 2027 to 14 Jan 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (50%)
Quality (50%)

Emergency responses and use of specialised equipment

This lot refers to The Council's additional tree maintenance budget which may rise to the value of £17,500pa but is not guarenteed within the contract value. This lot includes work such as emergency responses and use of specialised equipment.

Statusactive
Value£87,500
Contract periodFrom 15 Jan 2027 to 14 Jan 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (50%)
Quality (50%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural servicesNot published
2Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 77. The category anchor is Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 771,6395 median · 21.4 average (685 of 1,639 with a bid count)3.9 average (727 of 1,639 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ42210.5 median · 20.2 average (12 of 22 with a bid count)2.7 average (15 of 22 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1488 median · 8 average (5 of 148 with a bid count)2 average (5 of 148 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsTenderers should note that local government reorganisation (LGR) may result in a change to the Authority's structure during the term of any resulting contract. If applicable, the Authority may rely on the conditions under Schedule 8 of the Procurement Act and any modification relating to LGR may be treated as a permitted contract modification on the basis of materialisation of a known risk.

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d84c
Latest release ID074619-2026
Latest release timestampThu Aug 06 2026 10:40:31 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074619-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-31T09:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-21T09:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-21T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/mainMenu.html
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£262,500
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
6 Aug 2026tenderUpdate074619-2026
31 Jul 2026tenderUpdate072591-2026
31 Jul 2026tender072481-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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31 Jul 2026 · 072591-2026 · tenderUpdate
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31 Jul 2026 · 072481-2026 · tender
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