Contract to provide Arboriculture Services to Swale Borough Council as required - A756

Tender description

<p>Swale Borough Council are looking for opportunities of working with contractors to enhance our Climate and Ecological Emergency Action Plan Delivering Arboriculture Services across a variety of sites within the Swale Borough in East Kent.</p> <p>This will need to include new innovative ways of working, and as such we are inviting Expressions of Interest to tender for a suitably experienced arboriculture contractor to provide Arboriculture Services across Swale Borough Council areas.</p> <p>The Arboriculture Contractor will provide a suitably resourced team who will be qualified for the tasks they will carry out with van, chipper, saws etc. to carry out an estimated minimum of one day per week with a climbing team and ground works team. Swale Borough Council will provide the Contractor with a list of works for this team and prioritise their workload.</p> <p>This work is to be tracked via an agreed management system. In line with our economic development objectives, we would welcome bids from local, small, or medium sized enterprises.</p> <p>The contract will commence on 15 January 2022 and terminate on 14 January 2027. The council may extend the opportunity for a further 2 years. The tenderer who submits the Most Economically Advantageous Tender, (MEAT) will be awarded the contract.</p> <p>Expressions of Interest and the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document must be submitted / uploaded on the Council's e-tendering portal. The closing date for submission of Expressions of Interest and the closing date for the ITT is 5 July 2021. at 23:55hrs.</p> Keywords: Trees, Arboriculture