Official UK procurement notice
HCC Feb 2025 - The Provision of a Framework Agreement for Treework Services
Authority: Hertfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHertfordshire County Council have awarded a Framework Agreement for a Treework Service. This is an Award Notice and the opportunity is now closed.Please see Section V (Award of Contract) for further details.
CPV: Agricultural and horticultural products · Horticultural services · Tree pruning and hedge trimming · Tree-clearing services · Tree-cutting services · Tree-maintenance services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 7 suppliers · 12 bids received (1.7 per place) · 6 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Hertfordshire County Council has awarded a Framework for Treework Services.This is an…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,200,000
Hertfordshire County Council has awarded a Framework for Treework Services.This is an award notice and this opportunity is now closed.
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)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “HCC Feb 2025 - The Provision of a Framework Agreement for Treework…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 7 suppliers, 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 · publisher note attached- 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
- Yes
- First published
- 17 Feb 2025, 13:20 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2025, 14:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 31 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
HCC2516526- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042397- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e2aaFind a Tender
- Review procedure
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day (when using electronic means) standstill period at the point information on the award of the Framework Agreement is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the decision to award the Framework Agreement before the Framework Agreement is executed/signed (as appropriate). The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘Regulations’) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly and within the time limits as defined in the above regulations. Where the Framework Agreement has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Framework Agreement has been entered into the court has the options to award damages and/or to shorten or order the Framework Agreement ineffective.
Publisher note: Please note Hertfordshire County Council has worked closely with its districts and partners to create a joint procurement portal called supply Hertfordshire. This portal provides an e-Tendering system which is run by In-Tend.To access this procurement opportunity please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home and follow the on-screen guidanceThis is a one stage procurement process. Therefore, if you wish to be considered as a tenderer you must complete and submit a tender by the specified closing date and time. Tender submissions cannot be uploaded after this return deadline.If you are experiencing problems In-Tend offer a help section which includes a dedicated UK support desk which can be contacted via email: [email protected] or Telephone: +44 1144070065 for any website/technical questions, Monday to Friday, 8:30-17:00.The Council reserves the right at any time to cease the procurement process and not award the Framework Agreement or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the Council takes up this right, then they will not be responsible for or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any organisation or tenderer as a result.The Council undertakes to hold confidential any information provided in the proposal submitted, subject to the Council's obligations under the law including the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If the organisation considers that any of the information submitted in the proposal should not be disclosed because of its sensitivity then this should be stated with the reason for considering it sensitive. The Council will then endeavour to consult with the applicant about such sensitive information when considering any request received under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 before replying to such a request.The Council reserves the right to carry out additional financial checks on all organisations bidding for this opportunity at any time during the procurement process. This is to ensure that they continue to meet the Council's requirements and remain financially viable to fulfil the requirements under the Agreement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 31 Mar 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 31 Mar 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
31 Mar 2025 → 23 Jul 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown31 Mar 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened31 Mar 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published23 Jul 2025, 14:13 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Jul 2025, 14:13 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Treework Services
- Signed
- 17 Jul 2025
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12bids · 12 electronic · 12 from abroad | 12 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court, Royal Courts of JustcieReview contact point
- High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeMediation bodyReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- Fletchers Trees LimitedFramework contractor
- Gristwood and Toms LimitedFramework contractor
- John O'Conner (Grounds Maintenance) LimitedFramework contractor
- Principal Trees LimitedFramework contractor
- Shire Trees LimitedFramework contractor
- The Blue Tree Company (UK) LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria