1047 Tree Watering and Maintenance
Details
- Buyer
- Essex County Council
- Supplier(s)
- Mercer Tree Services Ltd
- Value
- £170,000
- Duration
- 5 months
- Topic
- Tree-maintenance services
- Published
- 29 April 2024
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
Essex County Council's tree planting project, the Essex Forest Initiative (EFI) is looking to procure a contractor to water 1584 urban standard trees across the county as part of the delivery of climate and environmental benefits for people and wildlife. \r \r Essex County Council is seeking a contractor with the capacity to water and maintain 1584 trees across the county. The requirement is for the watering of 50 litres of water to be applied to each tree (227 in irrigation bags, 30 direct application to the ground, 1327 using irrigation wells), each week through May - September (total of 20 visits per tree). The requirement for the maintenance is to carry out necessary formative pruning, replace any damaged stakes/ties, top up mulch where required and report any damage to the trees.\r \r Your ITT submission must be submitted to the Authority electronically by publishing through this ITT DN710718 1047 Tree Watering and Maintenance at https://procontract.due-north.com/Login\r • Not later than 12 noon hours on 20th March 2024.\r • It is the Authority's policy to reject any tenders received after the above deadline.\r \r
Timeline
- Completed: Award published29 April 2024Current notice
- Completed: Award date1 May 2024
- Completed: Contract expiry date30 September 2024
About the buyer
Essex County Council is a local authority that procures through three in-house teams, Corporate, Place and People. Larger opportunities are advertised through Open, the council's own tendering and contract management platform. Smaller and lower-value contract notices instead appear on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. The Place team commissions highways, waste, energy and transport work, including a dedicated Dynamic Purchasing System for bidders. Construction projects separately run through the Essex Construction Framework, a route for regional contractors. The People team commissions education, social care, adult support and public health services across the county.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of Essex County Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 77211500 · Tree-maintenance services
- 77341000 · Tree pruning
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov |
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