Official UK procurement notice
Framework for the Provision of Arboriculture Services Across Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council Borough
Authority: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionArmagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council’s Environmental Services
Department wishes to engage the services of competent contractors to provide
Arboricultural Services across the ABC Borough. The Council therefore invites tenders
from, with a view to establishing a framework of, suitably qualified and competent
providers who can be called upon to carry out a range of planned and reactive tasks as
per the specification, to include service provision outside of ‘normal working hours’,
weekends and public holidays where required.
CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Forestry services · Tree pruning · Tree pruning and hedge trimming
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 5 bids received (1.7 per place) · 3 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 1 yr · up to 4 yrs from 30 Aug 2026
Published description of the framework
All tender submissions will be evaluated and scored on a combination of quality and the priced element of the bid, i.e. pricing for the Annual Schedule of Planned Works and rates for ad hoc and emergency work. All submissions will be ranked in order of ‘Total Scores’ and it is anticipated that the tenders ranked 1 to 3 will be appointed to the Framework Agreement. Once the top three successful Tenderers are appointed onto the framework agreement in ranked order, the intention is that the Council will award the Year One ‘Annual Schedule of Planned Works’ to the first ranked Contractor. When the ‘Annual Schedule of Planned Works’ is confirmed for each subsequent year of the framework term (anticipated in September each year) there will be a mini competition conducted whereby all contractors appointed to the framework agreement will be invited to submit a new quote for the next proposed Annual Schedule of Works.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£672,000
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 sub-criteria (3)
- AC1. Approach and Methodology: 50%
- AC2. Risk Management and Contingency: 33%
- AC3. Contract Management and Communication: 17%
Published award criteria (3)
- AC1. Approach and Methodology
- AC2. Risk Management and Contingency
- AC3. Contract Management and Communication
- “Framework for the Provision of Arboriculture Services Across Armagh,…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Jun 2026, 14:16 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 14:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
6591792- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-058988- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bb26Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 23 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Jun 2026 → 21 Oct 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published124 days ago23 Jun 2026, 14:16 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends94 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown23 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by62 days ago24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts57 days ago30 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent14 days ago12 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published13 days ago12 Oct 2026, 14:01 BST
- Standstill ends4 days ago21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2026- Tender notice published23 Jun 2026, 14:16 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published12 Oct 2026, 14:01 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete12 Oct 2026, 14:01 BST
- Contract signature expected23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast£55,999 inc. VAT is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 3 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 3 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R&M Greenkeeper LtdSME26 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2027 · up to 25 Oct 2030Extensions: Three options to extend for twelve months each | ceiling above | 12 Oct 2026standstill to 21 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
| Clive Richardson Ltd26 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2027 · up to 25 Oct 2030Extensions: Three options to extend for twelve months each | ceiling above | 12 Oct 2026standstill to 21 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
| Mc Auley Tree Surgery26 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2027 · up to 25 Oct 2030Extensions: Three options to extend for twelve months each | ceiling above | 12 Oct 2026standstill to 21 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Clive Richardson LimitedFramework contractor
- Mc Auley Tree SurgeryFramework contractor
- R&M Greenkeeper LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender