Award

Supply of Trees and Ancillary Items

THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

23 Jan 2023 at 11:08

Award

26 Jul 2022 at 07:40

Tender

17 Jan 2022 at 15:04

Planning

22 Nov 2021 at 09:15

Summary of the contracting process

The City of Edinburgh Council has completed the procurement process for the "Supply of Trees and Ancillary Items" under the main procurement category of goods. The Council awarded contracts for Lot 1 and Lot 2, respectively, to Alba Trees Plc and Barcham Trees. The tender method was limited, with an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The procurement stage has progressed to the award phase, with a recent contract award date of January 12, 2023. The contracting authority is The City of Edinburgh Council, located in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The industry category for this procurement is "Tree-nursery products".

This tender process for the "Supply of Trees and Ancillary Items" by The City of Edinburgh Council has created new business opportunities for suppliers such as Alba Trees Plc and Barcham Trees. Businesses specializing in tree-nursery products are well-suited to compete in this procurement process. The direct award decision was made due to the lack of successful responses in a competitive process previously undertaken. The procurement method was open to tender with subsequent direct awards for Lots 1 and 2. The contracting authority has provided detailed review procedures in compliance with relevant regulations.

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Notice Title

Supply of Trees and Ancillary Items

Notice Description

The City of Edinburgh Council intends to procure Contracts for the following Lots: Lot 1 - The Supply of Transplants, Whips, & Feathered Trees Lot 2 - The Supply of Standard Trees & Other Trees Lot 3 - The Supply of Ancillary Items was awarded via the initial procurement process (Award Notice ref 701266) Due to the lack of received tenderers in the case of Lot 1 or rejected tenders in the case of Lot 2. The City of Edinburgh Council intends to direct award Lot 1 and Lot 2 given the competitive process was undertaken previously and no successful responses were submitted.

Lot Information

Lot 1 - Supply of Transplants, Whips, & Feathered Trees

Supply of Transplants, Whips, & Feathered Trees

Lot 2 - Supply of Standard Trees & Other Trees

Supply of Standard Trees & Other Trees

Lot 3 - Supply of Ancillary Items

Supply of Ancillary Items

Procurement Information

A previous open tender procedure was carried out for this requirement (notice reference: 678818). Zero tenders were returned initially for Lot 1 - Supply of Transplants, Whips, & Feathered Trees and two tenders were returned for Lot 2 - Supply of Standard Trees & Other Trees however following evaluation both failed to pass the Council's pre-set threshold for quality. Lot 3 was responded to, evaluated and awarded. As this previous tender exercise failed to produce any successful tenders for both Lots 1 and 2 and the Council had demonstrated competition, the Council will award the Lots directly to the suppliers indicated in this notice.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f8b5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001978-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products


CPV Codes

03450000 - Tree-nursery products

03452000 - Trees

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£800,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,005,702 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Jan 20233 years ago
Submission Deadline
17 Feb 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
13 Dec 2021Expired
Award Date
20 Jul 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active, Unsuccessful
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL
Contact Name
Callum Ewan
Contact Email
callum.ewan@edinburgh.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH8 8BG
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM75 City of Edinburgh

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

ALBA TREES

BARCHAM TREES

GREEN-TECH

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