Official UK procurement notice
CPF1943-20 Devon County Council Tree Management Framework – Tree Safety Inspection and Tree Surgery
Authority: Devon County Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionDevon County Council (DCC) is looking to procure a framework agreement for tree inspection, tree surgery and mass tree removal. The tree population is spread widely across Devon and trees are to be found on 650+ occupied properties and alongside up to 12 500 km of DCC highways. This corresponds to an estimate of over 3 000 000 trees across the DCC estate and alongside Highways. Typically in recent years DCC has carried out extensive inspection work, followed up with the removal of dangerous trees. Ash dieback is significantly changing the volumes of tree removal and it is anticipated that, over the course of the new framework, DCC will have need to remove several tens of thousands of trees.
It is intended that the framework agreement will operate over a 4-year period. The framework will operate in nine geographical areas which will include Devon's eight district council boundaries plus Plymouth.
The framework comprises of three lots as follows:
Lot 1: Tree inspection: this is further subdivided into:
1a: Scheduled Inspections of Highways Walked and Driven,
1b: Scheduled inspections of premises,
1c: Ad-hoc inspections of Highways following safety reports,
1d: Ad-Hoc Inspections of Premises following safety reports;
Lot 2: Tree surgery: again this is subdivided into:
2a: Non Emergency Highways Tree Surgery,
2b: Non Emergency Premises Tree Surgery,
2c: Emergency Highways Tree Surgery,
2d: Emergency Premises Tree Surgery,
2e: General 3 operative Gang Daily Rate,
2f: Highways Crown Lift work;
Lot 3: Bulk felling of highways and non-highways trees (mainly Ash, infected by Ash dieback) on highways of higher usage.
CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 17 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 24 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1CP1943-20 Lot 1 Tree Inspection WorkAwarded
Lot 1: this lot is to provide tree inspection services across the nine subdivided regions. It is further subdivided into the following types of inspection.
(a) formal, scheduled driven and walked inspections of DCC Highways;
(b) formal, scheduled inspections of DCC sites and premises;
(c) ad-hoc inspections of DCC highways (all types) trees, following safety reports from members of the public or DCC staff;
(d) ad-hoc inspections of DCC sites and premises trees, following safety reports from members of the public or DCC Staff.
All Tree inspections will require identifying what, if any, tree surgery work will need to be performed and on what timescales. Identified work will fall into the categories outlined within the framework agreement to allow commissioning of tree work.
Lot #2CP1943-20 Lot 2 Tree Surgery WorkAwarded
Lot 2: Tree surgery — this lot is to provide tree surgery services across the nine subdivided regions. It is further subdivided into the following types of surgery.
(a) planned, non-emergency, surgery work of trees on highways and following either a scheduled or ad-hoc inspection;
(b) planned, non-emergency, surgery works of non-highways trees, following either a scheduled or ad-hoc inspection;
(c) emergency highways tree surgery;
(d) emergency non-highways tree surgery;
(e) highways and non highways, 3 operative gang, Daily charged work;
(f) highways crown lift works.
The above groups of work will be awarded to contractors based on their work rates for each of the above on a district by district basis.
Lot #3CP1943-20 Mass Tree RemovalAwarded
Lot 3: Activities within this lot will involve the bulk felling of highways trees (mainly Ash Trees infected with Ash Dieback). It is intended that this lot will largely be used for Highways work however the position is preserved for it also to be used for large scale tree removal at DCC premises. Award of contracts under Lot 3 will be subject to a mini competition, which may be based on price and quality criteria.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Price | Quality | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · CP1943-20 Lot 1 Tree Inspection Work | 100% | — | |
| 2 · CP1943-20 Lot 2 Tree Surgery Work | 100% | — | |
| 3 · CP1943-20 Mass Tree Removal | — | 100% |
- Price carries 100 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 10 points.
- “CPF1943-20 Devon County Council Tree Management Framework – Tree…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Mar 2021, 11:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Mar 2021, 11:32 GMT
- Authority reference
DN482476- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-005274- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029c0bFind a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
CP1943-20 Lot 1 Tree Inspection Work
- Signed
- 26 Feb 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
CP1943-20 Lot 2 Tree Surgery Work
- Signed
- 26 Feb 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
CP1943-20 Mass Tree Removal
- Signed
- 26 Feb 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · CP1943-20 Lot 1 Tree Inspection Work | 6bids | — | — | £1 – £2,000,000 |
| 2 · CP1943-20 Lot 2 Tree Surgery Work | 12bids | — | — | £1 – £8,000,000 |
| 3 · CP1943-20 Mass Tree Removal | 17bids | — | — | £1 – £15,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
24 commercial parties on the notice- ATM LtdFramework contractor
- Ace ArboricultureFramework contractor
- Acorn Environmental Management GroupFramework contractor
- Advanced Arboriculture LtdFramework contractor
- Catenary King LtdFramework contractor
- Combined Tree ServicesFramework contractor
- Dartmoor Tree SurgeonsFramework contractor
- Devon ArbFramework contractor
- Devon Tree Services LtdFramework contractor
- East Devon Tree Care LtdFramework contractor
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- Garden and Countryside MaintenanceFramework contractor
- Glendale Countryside LtdFramework contractor
- Ground Control LtdFramework contractor
- Hartwood Timberworks LtdFramework contractor
- Hi-Line ContractorsFramework contractor
- Idverde LtdFramework contractor
- John Pittman Tree ServicesFramework contractor
- Land Solutions (South West) LtdFramework contractor
- P R Newson LtdFramework contractor
- Richard Hall LtdFramework contractor
- SDL SolutionsFramework contractor
- Teign Trees and LandscapesFramework contractor
- Wessex Tree SurgeonsFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.