21132 2022 Cambridgeshire County Council Arboricultural and Major Tree Works Framework

Tender description

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking to award a framework agreement for the provision of arboriculture services within the County boundaries. The Council manages around 150,000 trees in educational settings, not including those on the highway, or other land - properties. The framework will encompass a wide range of tree maintenance to ensure the upkeep of the existing trees stock in line with the Councils’ landlord responsibilities, this will also include maintenance of trees on Council sites including Highways. This requirement is not divided into Lots to enable the Authority to more efficiently manage the contracting arrangements. Lot 1: Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking to award a framework agreement for the provision of arboriculture services within the County boundaries. The Council manages around 150,000 trees in educational settings, not including those on the highway, or other land - properties. The framework will encompass a wide range of tree maintenance to ensure the upkeep of the existing trees stock in line with the Councils’ landlord responsibilities, this will also include maintenance of trees on Council sites including Highways. It is envisaged that the framework will consist of 6 providers, with the order of allocation of the work being: - framework ranking - packaged up and issued as mini-competitions through this framework, with the criteria for the mini competitions ranging from a Quality/Price evaluation between 70% Price 30% Quality depending on required outcomes for each package of work. - emergency Rates submitted as part of this main Tender process shall be capped for all subsequent mini-competitions, with providers given the option to go below but not above their submitted rates. Such capped rates shall be held firm for the full 4 years of the framework.