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# The Provision of Arboricultural Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-arboricultural-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03180b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sefton Council: "The Provision of Arboricultural Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sefton Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sefton-council-ons-e08000014)
- **Published Value:** £700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 March 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Tree-maintenance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD73
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £900,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03180b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-arboricultural-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03180b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Dffbaeebc-368f-ec11-8112-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-arboricultural-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03180b#participate

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **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”...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** The Provision of Arboricultural Services (active)
  - Award id: `020622-2022-DN598208-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Arborforce Group Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-125232`
  - Value: £900,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** The Provision of Arboricultural Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £900,000
  - Signed Date: 12/05/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020622-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-28T11:55:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T07:33:36.594Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03180b