Forestry and logging products

Tender description

Trafford Council is developing a framework agreement to facilitate the procurement of a full spectrum of arboricultural works. The framework will be divided in to 6 Lots and those lots will operate by using schedules of rates submitted by contractors as part of the process or by call-off contracts where contractors will be invited to provide quotations for work in a ‘mini-competition’ format. The services are to be split into 6 Lots and include: Lot 1: Tree pruning, felling and full spectrum of arboricultural works; Lot 2: Emergency call out works; Lot 3: Works for restricted access; Lot 4: Stump Grinding and reinstatement; Lot 5: Epicormic growth removal; Lot 6: Supply of trees. The Council require organisations to provide a full spectrum of arboricultural works including tree pruning, thinning, felling and crown reduction works. To provide an Emergency Arboricultural service both out-of-hours and during working hours in respect of tree maintenance, to include tree inspection, tree surgery, stump removal, temporary re-instatement of tree pits, tree pruning to be carried out next to highways, in parks and open spaces, in social services property, communal housing areas, schools, cemeteries and Housing Trust land in the Borough of Trafford. The Council is seeking contractors to carry out arboricultural works, with access to restricted sites such as Trafford Housing Trust properties, schools and social services. The Council require a number of fully qualified stump grinding contractors to undertake the removal of stumps on the highway, in parks and open spaces. Where stated we will look to the contractor to provide a reinstatement for each location — these will be in a number of different surfaces i.e. tarmac, flag and grass. This work comprises of the removal of all basal and epicormic growth from the bases and trunks of the specified trees. All growth is to be removed (including lower branches where appropriate). The Council is looking to appoint a number of organisations to supply a range of trees to include extra heavy standard, containerised trees, light standards. The Council may also require the provision of root balled and bare rooted trees to the specification as above.