Arboricultural Services for Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
This contract is to be let primarily for the maintenance of the Council’s street trees and trees in parks, cemeteries and open spaces.
United Kingdom-London: Tree-cutting services
2017/S 233-485003
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street
London
W8 7NX
United Kingdom
Contact person: Stephen Fuller
E-mail: stephenj.fuller@rbkc.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKI33
Address of the buyer profile: www.rbkc.gov.uk
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Arboricultural Services for RBKC 2018 – 2024.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
This Contract is to be let primarily for the maintenance of the Council’s street trees and trees in parks, cemeteries and open spaces in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The contractor may be offered additional work on other Council owned sites at the Council’s discretion. The Contract will run from April 2018 to March 2024 with provision for extending the contract for up to 36 months.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Street trees and trees within parks, cemeteries and open spaces in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has almost 7000 street trees. Approximately 3000 of these trees are forest canopy species consisting mainly of London plane and lime species. The remainder is a mix of medium-sized trees, such as wild cherry, birch and sweet gum, and various ornamental species. The Borough has data on all street trees, which is kept on our ‘Ezytreev’ database.
For maintenance purposes, the Borough is split into three areas, north, central and south. The trees in these areas have historically been inspected and pruned on a three-year rotation. There are no plans to change this cyclical regime for the new Contract. In addition to this, trees on certain streets in the north of the borough, where there is a shrinkable clay subsoil, are inspected and pruned every two years as part of RBKC’s ‘Risk Limitation Strategy.’ Approximately 1000 street trees are pruned on a two-year rotation.
RBKC plants approximately 150 street trees per annum. The majority of which are 12-14 cm girth containerised nursery stock.
RBKC has approximate 3100 trees in parks, cemeteries and open spaces. Parks trees have historically been managed by the Parks Dept. However, responsibility for these trees was passed to RBKC’s Arboricultural Section in August 2016. The tree stock is spread across 38 different sites.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Clear, precise and unequivocal review clauses provide for the possibility of the contract to be extended for up to 36 months, making a total possible contract length of 9 years.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
Clear, precise and unequivocal review clauses provide for the possibility of the contract to be extended for up to 36 months, making a total possible contract length of 9 years.
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Tenderers must be either an approved contractor under the scheme operated by The Arboricultural Association or approved by an equivalent body in any Member State of the European Union.
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Tenders must be submitted through the electronic procurement portal, www.capitalesourcing.com.
Tenders will be available for electronic opening upon expiry of the deadline for receipt of tenders.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
2024 – 2027
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
This procurement will be executed through the Authority’s electronic procurement portal, capitalEsourcing.com. The procurement documents are available for immediate, unrestricted, electronic download to economic operators who register on www.capitalesourcing.com.
VI.4.1)Review body
The Strand, Holborn
London
WC2A 2LL
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2079476000
VI.4.3)Review procedure
As set out in the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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