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Published 29 Jan 2021, 14:48 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Tree Maintenance · Oxleas Tree Care Ltd for Phoenix Community Housing (Jan 2021)

Official notice

Authority: Phoenix Community Housing (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£115,000exc. VAT13% below published estimate
Submissions closed 1 Mar 2021awarded 26 Mar 2021
Awarded to Oxleas Tree Care Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Phoenix Community Housing have about 6,000 properties either on estates or on streets, with 3,000 estate and street trees plus trees in resident’s gardens. We are seeking to appoint a professionally qualified competent contractor to undertake tree maintenance work on these trees. All work will be within the Bellingham and Downham areas of the London Borough of Lewisham.

This includes the felling, pruning and pollarding of trees in communal areas, ie estates and street greens, as part of planned annual work and the felling, pruning and pollarding trees of trees in tenant's gardens where they have become overgrown in response to requests from tenants or where they are presenting a Health and Safety risk or damaging property.

CPV: Tree-maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Bidders are referred to schedule 3 of the contract, which lists the documents that…AwardedRenewalPublished value£115,000

Bidders are referred to schedule 3 of the contract, which lists the documents that need to be submitted as part of your bid. This also details which award criteria they relate to and the weighting.

Please note that Schedule 2, the Schedule of Rates, should be returned as an excel document. This has been attached as a separate excel document or can be cut and pasted from the Word document into Excel.

The contract itself and the data protection agreement, schedule 5, would only be completed and submitted at the point of contract award.

I am happy to respond to questions submitted through the portal but am not able to respond directly to bidders individually.

James Peters

Delivery: London · Bellingham and Downham in the London Borough of Lewisham
Extensions: Option to renew for further 24 monthsVariant 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: 5%Environmental: 5%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Mandatory Policies: 10%
  • Health and Safety: 25%
  • Management and Resources: 5%
  • price: 50%
  • Social Value: 5%
  • Sustainability: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Mandatory Policies: 10
  • Health and Safety: 25
  • Social Value: 5
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Management and Resources: 5
  • 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 · 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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 Jan 2021, 14:48 GMT
Last source update
26 May 2021, 15:25 BST
Award evaluation window
2 Mar 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-011741
Classification (CPV)
Tree-maintenance services
Delivery area
London (UKI44)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028e99 Find a Tender

Publisher note: (MT Ref:222377)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: mytenders · Who buys & how to bid on myTenders
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free publication showcase; bidding happens on buyer portals
Submission deadline
1 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
2 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Mar 2021 → 26 May 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    1 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    2 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    30 Apr 2021, 23:59 BST
  4. Notice published
    26 May 2021, 15:25 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 May 2021, 15:25 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £100,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 95 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Mar 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Oxleas Tree Care LtdSME£100,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
9bids · 9 electronic · 9 from abroad5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Phoenix Community Housing

Contracting authorityPublic bodySocial Housing ProviderHousing and community amenities The Green Man, 355 Bromley Road, London, London, SE6 2RPContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body LondonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Oxleas Tree Care LtdAwarded supplier Chislehurst Business Centre, 1 Bromley Lane, Chislehurst, London, BR7 6LH

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria