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Southend-on-Sea Borough Council: Tender for Arboriculture Services

  Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has published this notice through Delta eSourcing

Notice Summary
Title: Tender for Arboriculture Services
Notice type: Contract Award Notice
Authority: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Nature of contract: Services
Procedure: Restricted
Short Description: Tree-maintenance services. Tree pruning. Trees. The tree maintenance service is an important contributor to the Council’s aim to ensure well-maintained and attractive parks, open spaces and street scene. A term contractor is required to carry out the routine tree maintenance which includes an out of hour’s response, on behalf of the Council. In addition, the tender will also be used to put in place an approved list of suppliers for further related work, for use by the Council on an ad-hoc basis. This tender therefore has been split into 2 Lots, the details of which are as follows: Lot 1; The Term Contractor for routine Highways and Parks tree maintenance The winning Contractor will be responsible for the maintenance of approximately 28,000 trees. Service Lot 2; Council’s approved list for ad hoc tree maintenance and specialist tree work. The value listed in relation to Lot 2 is not correct as each provider on the Approved list must bid for each indivivual piece of work. For this reason providers were advised that Acceptance onto this Approved List is no guarantee of work for any provider.
Published: 20/05/2015 10:50

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UK-Southend-on-Sea: Tree-maintenance services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   Title: UK-Southend-on-Sea: Tree-maintenance services.
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
      Civic Centre, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6ER, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 172215000, Email: eprocurement@southend.gov.uk

   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Regional or local authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      General Public Services

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Tender for Arboriculture Services      
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works:
         SERVICES
         
         Service Category: 26
         Do you agree to the publication of this notice?: Yes          
         Region Codes: UKH31 - Southend-on-Sea         
      II.1.3)Information about a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:
         Not Provided          
      II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
         Tree-maintenance services. Trees. Tree-maintenance services. Tree pruning. Trees. The tree maintenance service is an important contributor to the Council’s aim to ensure well-maintained and attractive parks, open spaces and street scene. A term contractor is required to carry out the routine tree maintenance which includes an out of hour’s response, on behalf of the Council. In addition, the tender will also be used to put in place an approved list of suppliers for further related work, for use by the Council on an ad-hoc basis. This tender therefore has been split into 2 Lots, the details of which are as follows: Lot 1; The Term Contractor for routine Highways and Parks tree maintenance The winning Contractor will be responsible for the maintenance of approximately 28,000 trees. Service Lot 2; Council’s approved list for ad hoc tree maintenance and specialist tree work.
The value listed in relation to Lot 2 is not correct as each provider on the Approved list must bid for each indivivual piece of work. For this reason providers were advised that Acceptance onto this Approved List is no guarantee of work for any provider.
      II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary:
         77211500 - Tree-maintenance services.
         03452000 - Trees.
      II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): No
   
   II.2)Total Final Value Of Contract(s)
      II.2.1) Total final value of the contract(s)
         Value: 379,000
         Currency: GBP
         Excluding VAT: Yes

      
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1) Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted
   IV.2)Award Criteria
      IV.2.1)Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of:
               
         Criteria - Weighting
         
         Technical (%) - 40
         Commercial (%) - 60
         
      IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction:
         An electronic auction will be used: No
   
   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: Not Provided          
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No


Section V: Award Of Contract
      
   1: Award And Contract Value
      Contract No: Not Provided

      V.1)Date Of Contract Award: 18/12/2014      
      V.2) Information About Offers
         Number Of Offers Received: 3          
         Number Of Offers Received By Electronic Means: Not Provided       
      V.3)Name And Address Of Economic Operator To Whom The Contract Has Been Awarded:
         Official name: Treefella Ltd
         Postal address: Stewards Yard
         Town: Shoeburyness
         Country: United Kingdom
      V.4)Information On Value Of Contract
         Initial estimated total value of the contract
            Value: 379,000
            Currency: GBP

         Total final value of the contract
            Value: 379,000
            Currency: GBP
         If annual or monthly value:
            Number of years: 5
      V.5)Information about subcontracting:
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No

   
   2: Award And Contract Value
      Contract No: Not Provided

      V.1)Date Of Contract Award: 18/12/2014      
      V.2) Information About Offers
         Number Of Offers Received: 4          
         Number Of Offers Received By Electronic Means: Not Provided       
      V.3)Name And Address Of Economic Operator To Whom The Contract Has Been Awarded:
         Official name: 1)Essex Arboriculture Ltd, 2) Gristwood and Toms Ltd, 3)Bartlett Tree Experts and 4) Treefella Ltd
         Postal address: Available from their websites
         Town: 1) Woodham, 2) Shenley 3) Chelmsford and Shoebury
         Country: United Kingdom
      V.4)Information On Value Of Contract
         Initial estimated total value of the contract
            Value: 860
            Currency: GBP

         Total final value of the contract
            Lowest offer: 650 /Highest offer: 860
            Currency: GBP
         If annual or monthly value:
            Number of years: 3
      V.5)Information about subcontracting:
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No


Section VI: Complementary Information
   VI.1)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
   
   VI.2)Additional Information:
      To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.paessex.gov.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=144454690
GO-2015520-PRO-6615540 TKR-2015520-PRO-6615539   
   VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Not Provided
   VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided    
   VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
      Not Provided
   
   VI.4)Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 20/05/2015

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