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BuyerLondon Borough of Sutton
StatusClosed
Deadline10 Jul 2026
Value£2,600,000
Published12 Jun 2026

What is being bought

The London Borough of Sutton is conducting this procurement using the Competitive Flexible Procedure (2 Stage) in accordance with the requirements of The Procurement Act 2023 (section 20(4)). The key stages of the procurement are: Participation Stage (Stage 1) Tender Stage (Stage 2) The scope of the service required is set out in this specification as well as in the schedules. Part 1 Details the overall requirements and standards for the service as well as key requirements, standards and performance measures, which appertain to the contract for arboricultural maintenance for the Borough. It is designed to provide an overview of those elements that are essential to its good management, and to give a broad indication of the service required from the perspective of the customer. Part 2 Specifies in detail what should be done to achieve the standards specified in part 1. Please refer to the tender documents for full details.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Plants 03451000Trees 03452000Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services 77000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£2,600,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2032
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — TENDER STAGE (Stage 2) It is anticipated that up to five (5) Suppliers achieving the highest overall scores in the Participation Stage (Stage 1) will be shortlisted and invited to participate in the Tender Stage. Notwithstanding the above, the Council reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to invite more than five (5) Suppliers to participate in the Tender Stage where it considers this to be appropriate. The Tender Stage (Stage 2) will include a number of Pass/Fail questions and Method Statements that will be scored. The Method Statements (and weightings) will be as follows: Delivery of Emergency and Reactive Tree Works - 30% Implementation and 'Go Live' - 20% Resource Capacity and Service Resilience - 20% Quality Control and Compliance Management - 10% Customer Service and Resident Communication - 10% Social Value - 10% The above Method Statements will make up 70% of the overall tender. The Council reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to amend or revise any of the above Method Statements at the Tender Stage (Stage 2) where it deems this necessary or appropriate. Notwithstanding any such amendments, the overall Quality Weighting will remain at 70% of the total tender assessment. Please refer to the tender documents for full details (70%)
Price — The Price Weighting will account for 30% of the total tender assessment. PLEASE NOTE: The Bills of Quantities (BOQ) are provided solely for the purpose of tender pricing and contain estimated quantities only. The quantities stated are not guaranteed and are provided for guidance purposes only. The actual quantities required may increase or decrease during the Contract Term, and no claim shall arise against the Council as a result of any variation between the approximation and actual quantities. The Council reserves the right to vary the quantities during the Contract Term in accordance with its operational requirements. (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Plants, Trees, Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 03. The category anchor is Plants (03451000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 033306 median · 26 average (138 of 330 with a bid count)5.9 average (143 of 330 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK7518 median · 31.1 average (26 of 75 with a bid count)10.7 average (27 of 75 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)315.5 median · 5.5 average (2 of 31 with a bid count)2.5 average (2 of 31 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05228c
Latest release ID055852-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jun 12 2026 15:01:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055852-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-07-10T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-03T16:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-15T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailswww.londontenders.org Reference DN811715
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£2,600,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
12 Jun 2026tender055852-2026
31 Mar 2026planning029669-2026
23 May 2025planning026334-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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31 Mar 2026 · 029669-2026 · planning
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        "description": "The London Borough of Sutton would like comprehensive and detailed feedback on the draft specification. Your expertise will help ensure it is clear, robust, and accurately reflects the required scope and quality of service delivery. Constructive comments and suggestions to enhance clarity, completeness, and overall effectiveness as both a contractual and operational document are especially welcome. Please be as specific as possible, referencing relevant sections where appropriate.\nA virtual soft market testing event for this commission is also scheduled on Monday, 27 April 2026, from 10:00am to 5:00pm, and Tuesday, 28 April 2026, from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Providers are welcome to attend the virtual one to one session of approximately 45 minutes by choosing an available slot in the calendar in addition to completing the published questions. PLEASE NOTE: Attendance to a one to one session is optional. If you prefer, you may just complete the questions in the document attached in the attachment session of the portal and submit it via Procontract messaging on the portal.\nAll providers are requested to first review the DRAFT specification for the Provision of Arboricultural Maintenance of Trees and then provide responses to the questions set out in the document titled \"SOFT MARKET TESTING - Provision of Arboricultural Maintenance of Trees\" This document also includes the link to the calendar slots\nPLEASE SUBMIT THE COMPLETED DOCUMENT VIA THE MESSAGING SYSTEM ON THE PORTAL"
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23 May 2025 · 026334-2025 · planning
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