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Arboricultural Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Epping Forest District Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)
Published estimate£1,433,334≈ £478k / year · £1,720,000 inc. VAT35.5% above published estimate
Submissions closed 28 Mar 2025awarded 20 Jun 2025
Award (standstill) to Essex Tree Care Limited
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Aug 2028 · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Arboricultural Services to the Epping Forest District council.

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CPV: Tree-maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 yrsPublished value£1,720,000
Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 1 Aug 2028 (3 yrs)Value: £1,720,000 exc. VAT · £1,720,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: East of England
77211500 Tree-maintenance services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • General, Relevant Experience and Proposed Approach: 60%
  • Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price: Long criteria description
  • General, Relevant Experience and Proposed Approach: Long criteria description
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Feb 2025, 15:23 GMT
Last source update
27 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 1 Jul 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007553
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Tree-maintenance services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e8b6 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
28 Mar 2025
Submission deadline
28 Mar 2025
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

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Timeline

28 Feb 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 7 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Feb 2025, 15:23 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    28 Mar 2025
  3. Assessment summaries sent
    27 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Latest notice published
    27 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
  5. Award decision expected by
    1 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
  6. Standstill ends
    8 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  7. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Feb 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Feb 2025, 15:23 GMT
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    27 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    27 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,942,3351 award exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Essex Tree Care LimitedSME1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: 36 months at three periods of twelve months£1,942,33520 Jun 2025standstill to 8 Jul 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5final-stage tenders00—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Epping Forest District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTPH-2152-RNCL Civic Offices, 323 High Street, Epping, East of England, CM16 4BZContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Essex Tree Care LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09692713 Unit 10, 80 Lytham Road, Fullwood, Preston, North West, PR2 3AQContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender