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# Tree Planting and Maintenance

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tree-planting-and-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-0470ff). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University Of Edinburgh: "Tree Planting and Maintenance". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University Of Edinburgh](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-edinburgh-GB-FTS-2023)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 October 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Forestry services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £564,500 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tree-planting-and-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-0470ff#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0470ff`

## 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/tree-planting-and-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-0470ff#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tree-planting-and-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-0470ff#participate

## Description
The University is looking to contract approximately 250ha of planting accross two new woodland creation sites at Sherrifmuir and the Pentlands. This will comprise of a mix of majority broadleaf planting with a smaller element of conifer as well as vole guard installation and possible fertiliser application, with planting to begin February 2025. Further to initial planting, the University is seeking to contract beat up planting and maintenance for the five years following the initial establishment. The majority of planting will take place on prepared and mounded ground with a smaller element of flat planting/screefing being required.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The University is looking to contract approximately 250ha of planting accross two new woodland creation sites at Sherrifmuir and the Pentlands. This will comprise of a mix of majority broadleaf planting with a smaller element of conifer as well as vo...
- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2025 to 31/05/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 037953-2024-EC1031-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **CK Forestry Contractors**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-182690`
  - Value: £564,500 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 037953-2024-EC1031-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £564,500
  - Signed Date: 18/11/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037953-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-25T09:55:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T17:18:49.915Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0470ff