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# Vegetation Management Services Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vegetation-management-services-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-02bef6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Canal & River Trust: "Vegetation Management Services Contract". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £50,000,000. 8 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Jul 2021, 17:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Canal & River Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/canal-river-trust-coh-07807276)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £50,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 July 2021 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 8
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services, Aquatic marine services, Grounds maintenance services, Horticultural services, Litter collection services (+6 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vegetation-management-services-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-02bef6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02bef6`

## 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/vegetation-management-services-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-02bef6#tl-md)

## Description
The Canal & River Trust (the Trust) wishes to engage Contractor (s) to undertake Vegetation
& Environmental Services.
The Trust requires a number of contracts to deliver Vegetation Services contracts to deliver
services covering assets found in England and Wales in the following regions: East Midlands,
London & South East, North West, Wales & South West, West Midlands, and Yorkshire &
North East.
• Grass Surfaces & hedges
• Control of Terrestrial Invasive Plants
• Vegetation Clearance on Structures and weed management (herbicide)
• Arboriculture Works planned & reactive
• Offside Vegetation
• Aquatic Weed & floating litter
• Litter, Dog Fouling
The contracts will use generic specifications that reflect our customer service, safety,
heritage, and environmental standards.

## Lots (8)
### Lot 1: Grass surfaces and hedges
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 77300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £12,000,000
- **Description:** Grass surfaces and hedges

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Arboriculture work planned & reactive
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 77211300, 77211400, 77211500, 77211600
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £8,500,000
- **Description:** Arboriculture Works planned & reactive services

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Aquatic reed and invasive weed including floating litter
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 77312000, 98361000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £4,700,000
- **Description:** Aquatic reed and invasive weed including floating litter

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: Waterborne vegetation management
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 98360000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £4,500,000
- **Description:** Waterborne vegetation management

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 5: Vegetation clearance from structures & invasive weed management (herbicide)
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 77312000, 77314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £2,225,000
- **Description:** Vegetation clearance from structures & invasive weed management (herbicide)

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 6: Litter, Dog Fouling bins
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 90511300
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £4,575,000
- **Description:** Litter, Dog Fouling bins

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 7: Reservoir Maintenance
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 77314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £5,500,000
- **Description:** The Trust maintains 70 large, raised reservoirs under the Reservoirs Act and a further 11
small, raised reservoirs, there is also a significant length of feeder channels upstream of the
reservoirs and bypass channels down the side of reservoirs.
Thes...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 8: Waterside Mooring Maintenance
- **Lot id:** `8`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £1,650,000
- **Description:** Waterside moorings have 3700 berths nationally across c330 mooring sites. This represents about 11% of moorings available across the canal network. London / South East typically contains our highest concentration of residential / premium sites, with ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** 014463-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** 014463-2022-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Value: £3,117,017 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 014463-2022-3 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

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

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** 014463-2022-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 30/03/2022

- **Contract:** 014463-2022-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,117,017
  - Signed Date: 30/03/2022

- **Contract:** 014463-2022-3 (active)

  - Signed Date: 30/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014463-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-24T19:29:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:03:39.815Z
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