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.
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 #1RenewalPublished value£7,000,000
- Technical & professional ability
Arboricultural Association (ARB) Approved Contractor
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 award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Technical & professional ability
Arboricultural Association (ARB) Approved Contractor
- 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.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £2,796,935 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
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 published 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
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in East of England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in East of England.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 60 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17% / 27%
2–328% / 9%
4–628% / 45%
7+28% / 18%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate22% / 43%
Within ±2%61% / 14%
Above estimate17% / 43%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7721Published estimate£7.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid17%
2–315%
4–636%
7+32%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 6 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£7.0m
Estimate£7.0m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Match |
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| Empire Ground Care LtdEarlier contract | Weed Spraying Services - Peterboroughstarted Apr 2026 | — | £500k | 52% match |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £9.0m25 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 10 live · £9.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 6% below n=8 | |
| £18m10 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 3 live · £19m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 | |
| £258k10 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £256k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 22% below n=4 | |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 1 live · £950k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £180k3 awards in 36m · last 21 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=1 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
42% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
42% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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
- 5 Aug 2026, 16:49 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
DN811915- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091621- 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)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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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
5 Aug 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 9 dates- Planning notice published75 days ago5 Aug 2026, 16:49 BST
- Market engagement61 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 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: procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View ↗
Participation in this engagement exercise is voluntary and will not form part of any future assessment process.
- Tender notice published21 days ago28 Sept 2026, 21:29 BST
- Next notice expected20 days ago30 Sept 2026, 00:59 BST
- Latest notice published20 days ago30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
- Clarification questions by3 days ago16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 3 days23 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 42 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 163 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Aug 2026, 16:49 BSTUK2
- 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
- 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
- Tender notice published30 Sept 2026, 09:42 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £7,000,00030 Sept 2026, 09:42 BSTwas £5,000,000
Published amendments (1)
Revision of the available extensions term and contract value.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-08: 1 release · 5 Aug 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices 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