Trees

Tender description

Rochdale council currently manages all of its own tree stock within parks, cemeteries, highways and open spaces, and manages a contract with a local housing provider although this may be subject to change. We are looking towards utilising external providers to assist us in maintaining our tree stock in a healthy and safe condition, and as such are developing a framework agreement to facilitate the procurement of various Arboricultural operations The services will be split in to 4 lots and include: Lot 1 Tree Pruning, Felling and Full Spectrum of Arboricultural Works, Lot 2 Emergency Call-Out Works (During normal working hours), Lot 3 Emergency Call-Out (outside of normal working hours), Lot 4 Stump grinding. 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 during Working Hours in respect of tree maintenance, tree surgery, stump removal, temporary re-instatement of tree pits, tree pruning to be carried out next to highways, in parks and open spaces, communal housing areas, schools, cemeteries. To provide an emergency call out service outside of the specified normal working day to respond to any tree emergency within 1 hour of being notified by the relevant authorising officer. 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. These will be in a number of different surfaces i.e. tarmac, flag and grass.