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Published 16 Feb 2022, 20:14 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

The Provision of Arboricultural Services

Official notice

Authority: Sefton Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£700,000exc. VAT28.6% above published estimate
Submissions closed 18 Mar 2022awarded 13 May 2022
Awarded to Arborforce Group Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This invitation to tender (the “Tender”) covers the provision of some of the arboricultural

works operations for land under the management responsibility of Green Sefton (the

“Services”) throughout Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (the “Authority”). In the main

this covers trees within the parks, open spaces, cemeteries, crematoria and trees on

adopted highways throughout the Authority.

The aim of this Tender is to set out a framework in the approach to the arboricultural works

Services delivery that will assist the Authority’s long-term commitment towards improving

the standards and use of its parks and open spaces and the management of its highway

trees.

Vision: The Authority is committed to putting parks back into the heart of the community by

providing attractive, welcoming, safe, accessible, and sustainable facilities that are valued

locally and recognised nationally as amongst the best.

Our objective: Is to increase the number and quality of the Authority’s trees.

For this Tender, this means that the Authority will wish to forge a strong and positive working

partnership with the Contractor and share the commitment towards achieving the highest

possible quality of arboricultural works and high level of customer satisfaction whatever

resources are available or difficulties we may face in delivering the Services.

  • Recurrence: The Council is seeking to award a contract from 01/06/2022 until 31st May 2027. The contract will be re-procured at the time.

CPV: Tree-maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 50%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 40
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement

Yes · The Council is seeking to award a contract from 01/06/2022 until 31st May 2027.

The contract will be re-procured at the time.

First published
16 Feb 2022, 20:14 GMT
Last source update
28 Jul 2022, 12:55 BST
Award evaluation window
18 Mar 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN598208
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-020622
Classification (CPV)
Tree-maintenance services
Delivery area
North West (UKD73)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03180b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
18 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
18 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Mar 2022 → 28 Jul 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    18 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    18 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    28 Jul 2022, 12:55 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Jul 2022, 12:55 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £900,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 13 May 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Arborforce Group LimitedSME£900,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sefton Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 1st Floor Magdalen House, Trinity Road, Bootle, North West, L20 3NJContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sefton Council - Legal ServicesReview body Bootle

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.