Official UK procurement notice
Dynamic Purchasing System for the Supply of Arboricultural Works on Trees Affected by Ash Dieback and Other Health Related Issues - ON-GOING APPLICATIONS
Authority: Carmarthenshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract Notice is to inform the market that the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply of services relating to Ash Dieback and other tree felling works has been extended for one year, until 8th November 2025, in accordance with the DPS Agreement and original tender documentation.
Carmarthenshire County Council established a DPS for the supply of services relating to Ash Dieback and other tree felling works on 9th November 2020 for an initial period of up to 4 years. The DPS is operated on a fully electronic basis and is open to new entrants throughout its term who meet the minimum criteria specified in the DPS documents.
Contractors will be required to be suitably qualified and experienced to undertake works primarily associated with Highways, however the DPS will also provide for Ash Dieback and other tree felling works on housing sites, industrial estates, school and other sites owned by the Council within Carmarthenshire. Additionally, there may be the requirement for works to be undertaken on private land at the Council’s request and emergency tree felling works.
CPV: Tree-clearing services · Tree-cutting services · Tree-maintenance services · Trees
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Carmarthenshire County Council is seeking suitably qualified and experienced…Renewal
Carmarthenshire County Council is seeking suitably qualified and experienced Contractors to undertake Ash Dieback and other tree felling works.
The works will be procured by mini-competition under this DPS arrangement.
Carmarthenshire has the second longest length of highway network in Wales, covering 3,500km of public highway, with 110 schools, some of which contain an extensive number of trees. The Council also maintains parks, playgrounds and open spaces, in addition to land on housing estates, at social services establishments, other Council-owned buildings and leisure centres.
The DPS was established to deal predominately with the removal of Trees infected with Hymenoscyphus Fraxineus (Ash Dieback). A survey undertaken in 2019 of the A and B roads in the County identified trees for removal as they were showing more than 50% dieback of the crown. Recent school surveys have also highlighted sites that need trees removing. Trees showing at least 50% dieback of the crown during surveys have been tagged with orange ribbon or marked with orange spray paint. Diseased trees on highway verges will be removed by the County Council.
The Council also liaises with private landowners and offers its services to take down trees adjacent the highway provided the landowners agree to pay the costs for felling and provided works do not impact on the overall programme. Contractors will be asked to identify separate costs where an opportunity exists to work with private landowners. Additional information: A Dynamic Purchasing System is a two-stage process. In the initial setup stage, all Bidders who met the selection criteria were admitted to the DPS. There is no limit on the number of Bidders that may join a DPS during its term. Individual contracts are awarded during the second stage where the Council invites all suppliers appointed to the DPS, to bid for the specific contracts.
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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 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).
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- “Dynamic Purchasing System for the Supply of Arboricultural Works on…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Carmarthenshire County Council buys Logging services (CPV 7721), and who usually turns up
Carmarthenshire County Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Logging services (CPV 7721) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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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 Wales (Cymru).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).
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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 31 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.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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 bid10% / 0%
2–375% / 18%
4–615% / 15%
7+0% / 67%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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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
Our matching links this notice to “The Supply of Arboricultural Works on Trees Affected by Ash Dieback and Other Health Related Issues (DPS) On-Going Application” of this authority, but none of the 4 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1Carmarthenshire County Council is seeking suitably qualified and experienced…CPV 7721Estimate not published
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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 bid1%
2–349%
4–631%
7+20%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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| £92k3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £758k 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 | |
| 8 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 12 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
The Arb TeamSME | 1 awards in 36m · last 30 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Mitie LandscapesLarge | £1.8m12 awards in 36m · last this month | 3 live · £582k 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. | 14% below n=4 |
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 earlier-work matches 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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 17 Jan 2025, 10:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Oct 2025, 16:25 BST
- Authority reference
eTenderWales Project Reference - project_45172- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064344- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d409Find a Tender
Publisher note: ETENDERWALES PORTAL - To assist you in locating this opportunity on the eTenderWales Procurement System, the project code is: project_45172. This ON-GOING DPS application is comprised of one main Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) under project_45172. All DPS documents such as the Specification, Terms & Conditions, Instructions to Bidders etc. are all contained within project_45172. Please also ensure you check the attachments area for any documents/ information which may assist you with your submission or you are required to upload as part of your submission as per information contained within the application pack. NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=147355 (WA Ref:147355) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Jaggaer- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 23 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
10 Oct 2025 → 23 Oct 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published377 days ago10 Oct 2025, 16:25 BST
- Invitations to tender expected346 days ago10 Nov 2025
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 1 day · period end, not a bid countdown23 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Deadline moved to 23 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST10 Oct 2025, 16:25 BST+364 days · was 24 Oct 2025, 14:00 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 24 Oct 2025 | 23 Oct 2026 | +364 d |
| — | DateEstimated date of dispatch of invitations · IV.2.3 | 10 Nov 2025 | 13 Oct 2025 | -28 d |
The Dynamic Purchasing System commenced on 09/11/2020 and ran for an initial period of 4 years until 08/11/2024. The original agreement included an option to extend the DPS for a further period of up to 4 years in one-year increments. The DPS has been extended for one further year until 08/11/2026.
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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria