Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council
Town Hall,St Ives Road
MAIDENHEAD
SL61RF
Contact
Christopher Dickenson
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ11 - Berkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
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one.3) Communication
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Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Arboricultural Works Framework for The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is setting up a Framework for the provision of arboricultural services within The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead for both standard, time sensitive and emergency work. Some of which will be required on and or along the Highway.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,120,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 77211300 - Tree-clearing services
- 77211400 - Tree-cutting services
- 77211500 - Tree-maintenance services
- 77231200 - Forest pest control services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ11 - Berkshire
Main site or place of performance
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is setting up a Framework for the provision of arboricultural services within The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead for both standard, time sensitive and emergency work. Work will be required along the public highway (which must be carried out in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual and further detailed in the booklet entitled "Safety at Street Works & Road Works" issued by the Department for Transport; the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, The Traffic Management Act 2004 and Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 and any subsequent amendments thereto), on public rights of way and on sites within Borough such as cemeteries, churchyards, parks, open spaces and property sites.
There are 30,299 individual trees recorded on the adopted highway, in parks, open spaces and cemeteries within RBWM. The Authority is currently in the process of completing an audit and condition survey of trees in some of these sites and estimates a further 5,000 trees will be added to our records. In addition, the Authority manages a number of small woodlands and hedgerow trees.
The Authority is firmly committed to maintaining the trees and woods as a vital part of the environment of The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, the policies and guidance for which are contained in 'A Tree and Woodland Strategy for the Borough 2010 to 2020'. This document can be viewed at https://www3.rbwm.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/203/tree_strategy_and_policy_guidance.pdf
The proposed Framework will play a key part in helping to deliver the aims and objectives of the Tree and Woodland Strategy for the Authority. The tree related services that will be required by the Authority include:
• Climbing Inspections
• Formative Pruning
• Crown Lifting
• Crown Thinning
• Pruning Back From Property, Boundaries Or Objects
• Crown Reduction and Reshaping
• Conservation Pruning
• Pollarding
• Re-Pollarding
• Cleaning Out Objects
• Severance/removal of Climbing Plants
• Removal of Dead, Dying, Diseased and Broken Branches
• Crown Clean
• Specific Branch/Limb Removal or Reduction
• Removal of Suckers and Epicormic Shoots
• Pruning for Infrastructure
• Bi-annual removal of Epicormic shoots, suckers and crown lifting
• Tree Felling
• Removal/Trimming of Hedges
• Coppicing
• Tree Stump and Root Removal or Treatment
• Young tree maintenance
• Root Pruning
• Bark Wound Repair
• Bracing and Propping
• The Provision of an Emergency Out of Hours Service
• Control of Brown Tail Moth
• Control of Oak Processionary Moth (excluding chemical treatment)
• Traffic Management
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £1,120,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
24
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
This framework can be extended for an additional 24 month period beyond the initial 24 month term.
two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
The criteria as set out in the procurement documents.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.14) Additional information
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Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 3
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
7 July 2021
Local time
1:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
13 August 2021
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
Town Hall, St Ives Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1RF
Country
United Kingdom