SC22272 Highway Arboriculture Services

Tender description

Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest local authority in England covering an area of 3,500 square kilometers. It has an annual expenditure of over £1bn on goods and services and a population of 1.6m. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with the NHS Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group, 12 district councils, and 289 parish/town councils. KCC consists of four directorates: -Adult Social Care and Health; -Children, Young People and Education; -Growth, Environment and Transport; and -Strategic and Corporate Services. This service is being commissioned on behalf of the Growth, Environment and Transport directorate. The Council requires contractors to facilitate its Arboricultural maintenance contract. A market engagement exercise is being undertaken to inform the scope of works, contract duration, and lotting strategy. Lot 1: A market engagement exercise will be held to inform the scope of works, however it is expected that the scope will likely include the following: Arboricultural maintenance: -Managing obstructions to the highway from low branches -Pruning back trees from private property/structures & street furniture -Removal of dead/diseased and dying trees -Ash dieback remedial works -Removal of deadwood/ivy/climbing plants/foreign objects -Undertaking and repeating crown reduction/annual programmed pollarding works -Annual basal and epicormic programmed works. -Tree planting and young tree establishment maintenance – weeding, watering, and mulch -Ad-hoc works relating to the highway soft estate management, tree safety audits and response to customer enquiries.