Landscape gardening services

Tender description

The purpose of the Landscape Framework is to establish a contract with up to 6 suitable contractors for each price category of landscape work for a period of 4 years. They will offer the best value service to the City Council and will be invited to bid for a variety of landscape improvement works that will be prepared by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Works in either category may comprise any or all of the following: — Site preparation including: — Earth moving, shaping, excavation and filling, capping, importation and distribution of soil, importation and incorporation of soil ameliorants and ground cultivation; — Weed treatment, weed burial, removal or protection of existing trees, transplantation of specified plants, clearance of undergrowth, grubbing up and removal of unwanted plants; — Clearance of fly tipped debris, other extraneous material, existing unwanted surfacing, removal of unwanted boundary treatment, old furniture, redundant drainage works, other equipment and concrete foundations, etc; — Setting out, preparation, supply and installation of flexible and/or hard surfacing including: — Bitumen macadam, concrete paving, small unit paving, composite granites and stone, natural stone, cobbles, in situ concrete, timber surfacing, plastic wood, rubberised safety surfacing, resin-bound surfacing, use of gravels, sand, compacted hard-cores, sports pitch surfaces, reinforcing material, temporary surfaces, deterrent paving, bespoke paving and other surfacing; — Supply, preparation, fixing and treatment of standard items and bespoke items, including ordering the manufacture of special items where requested, such as: — Street furniture, signage, play equipment, sculptural features, timber buildings, boundary treatments, walls, steps, bollards, board-walks, edges, rails, metal, timber, concrete and plastic wood constructions, fencing, drainage equipment, channels, water supply, water features, electricity supply, lighting features and other installations; —The preparation of ground for planting, the supply and planting of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants and protection thereof including: — Bulbs, corms, tubers, seed, herbaceous plants, shrubs and all sizes of nursery stock tree. Include supply and installation of staking, tying, watering, plant protection, pruning, mulching and other horticultural materials or methods to ensure successful, thriving soft-works projects; —The preparation of the ground and the supply and installation of: — Turf, grass seed or other herbaceous seed mixes, including artificial grass or other decorative organic carpet; — Maintenance of all or any of the above as a part of defects and establishment phases. To include maintenance of all hard and soft-works operations; — Landscape works may be required in any outdoor space, internal courtyard or area of public realm including schools, town centres, parks, public open space, derelict land, housing estates, sheltered housing areas, shopping areas, near to watercourses, highways, car parks, etc. Works in either category may comprise any or all of the following: — Site preparation including: — Earth moving, shaping, excavation and filling, capping, importation and distribution of soil, importation and incorporation of soil ameliorants and ground cultivation; — Weed treatment, weed burial, removal or protection of existing trees, transplantation of specified plants, clearance of undergrowth, grubbing up and removal of unwanted plants; — Clearance of fly tipped debris, other extraneous material, existing unwanted surfacing, removal of unwanted boundary treatment, old furniture, redundant drainage works, other equipment and concrete foundations, etc; — Setting out, preparation, supply and installation of flexible and/or hard surfacing including: — Bitumen macadam, concrete paving, small unit paving, composite granites and stone, natural stone, cobbles, in situ concrete, timber surfacing, plastic wood, rubberised safety surfacing, resin-bound surfacing, use of gravels, sand, compacted hard-cores, sports pitch surfaces, reinforcing material, temporary surfaces, deterrent paving, bespoke paving and other surfacing; — Supply, preparation, fixing and treatment of standard items and bespoke items, including ordering the manufacture of special items where requested, such as: — Street furniture, signage, play equipment, sculptural features, timber buildings, boundary treatments, walls, steps, bollards, board-walks, edges, rails, metal, timber, concrete and plastic wood constructions, fencing, drainage equipment, channels, water supply, water features, electricity supply, lighting features and other installations; — The preparation of ground for planting, the supply and planting of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants and protection thereof including: — Bulbs, corms, tubers, seed, herbaceous plants, shrubs and all sizes of nursery stock tree. Include supply and installation of staking, tying, watering, plant protection, pruning, mulching and other horticultural materials or methods to ensure successful, thriving soft-works projects; — The preparation of the ground and the supply and installation of: — Turf, grass seed or other herbaceous seed mixes, including artificial grass or other decorative organic carpet; — Maintenance of all or any of the above as a part of defects and establishment phases. To include maintenance of all hard and soft-works operations. — Landscape works may be required in any outdoor space, internal courtyard or area of public realm including schools, town centres, parks, public open space, derelict land, housing estates, sheltered housing areas, shopping areas, near to watercourses, highways, car parks, etc.