Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
UK
Contact person: Ms Katharine Murdock
Telephone: +44 3330139006
E-mail: Katharine.Murdock@essex.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
1065 Urban Tree Planting
Reference number: DN738618
II.1.2) Main CPV code
77000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Essex County Council’s tree planting project, the Essex Forest Initiative (EFI) is looking to procure a contractor to plant a maximum of 685 containerised standard trees, with a Diameter at Breast Height (DBH), of 10-14cm across Essex in winter 2024/25.
Interested suppliers can assess this opportunity via the Council's e-sourcing portal, ProContract: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login. Log in as a Supplier and search the following: DN738618 / 1065 Urban Tree Planting.
If you do not have an account, supplier registration is free of charge at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register and it provides access to all current and forthcoming procurement opportunities for Essex County Council alongside several other public sector organisations.
Your tender submission must be submitted to the Council electronically by publishing through this ITT 1065 Urban Tree Planting at at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login - reference DN738618 no later than 12:00 (noon) on 06/09/2024.
It is the Authority's policy to reject any tenders received after the above deadline.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
77000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Essex County Council’s tree planting project, the Essex Forest Initiative (EFI) is looking to procure a contractor to plant a maximum of 685 containerised standard trees, with a Diameter at Breast Height (DBH), of 10-14cm across Essex in winter 2024/25.
Interested suppliers can assess this opportunity via the Council's e-sourcing portal, ProContract: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login. Log in as a Supplier and search the following: DN738618 / 1065 Urban Tree Planting.
If you do not have an account, supplier registration is free of charge at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register and it provides access to all current and forthcoming procurement opportunities for Essex County Council alongside several other public sector organisations.
Your tender submission must be submitted to the Council electronically by publishing through this ITT 1065 Urban Tree Planting at at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login - reference DN738618 no later than 12:00 (noon) on 06/09/2024.
It is the Authority's policy to reject any tenders received after the above deadline.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
70
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 4
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
06/09/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
16/08/2024
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/08/2024