Planning

00404-AST Tree Maintenance Regional

STONEWATER LIMITED

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30 Jun 2025 at 11:05

Planning

27 Jun 2025 at 09:05

Summary of the contracting process

Stonewater Limited, a prominent UK social housing provider based in Leicester, is undertaking the planning stage of its Tree Maintenance programme, focusing on developing a sustainable and safe tree management strategy across its estate. With 40,000 homes and an established record in governance and viability, Stonewater is looking to enhance its environmental management to benefit tenants and local wildlife. The procurement process involves two distinctive contracts—Tree Surveys and Tree Management—across seven geographical regions excluding London, ensuring no contractor is awarded both elements. Preliminary market engagement responses are due by 11th July 2025, with the tender process anticipated to commence formally soon after.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses specialising in tree services, including surveying, clearing, cutting, maintenance, and pruning, to bolster their portfolios and gain visibility with one of the largest housing associations in the UK. Companies with expertise in GIS data management and sustainable practices will be particularly well-suited for this contract. Prospective suppliers are encouraged to share insights and pricing models that could influence Stonewater’s approach, aiding in the formulation of a robust maintenance strategy. The separation of the surveying and management components across several regions offers ample scope for specialist firms to demonstrate their capabilities and align with Stonewater’s vision for community welfare and environmental sustainability.

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Notice Title

00404-AST Tree Maintenance Regional

Notice Description

Stonewater Background: Stonewater is one of the UK's largest social housing providers, dedicated to creating places that people can truly call home. With 40,000 homes, we proudly serve more than 93,000 customers from diverse backgrounds across the country. With an annual turnover of PS239 million and PS2.4 billion in fixed assets, Stonewater holds a strong credit rating from S&P Global Ratings and maintains top G1/V1 rankings for governance and viability. If you would like to know more about Stonewater, please visit our website: www.stonewater.org What we want to achieve from these contracts: Stonewater needs a new Tree Management programme to ensure that trees on Stonewater land and in Stonewater owned communal areas are maintained safely and sustainably to a high standard, for the benefit and welfare of our tenants, communities, and local wildlife. We have GIS data that suggests we have approximately 20,000 trees across our estate, however we expect this number to rise as we receive the results of surveys. We anticipate that this programme will be formed of two elements: 1). Tree Surveys (including Tree plan updates) 2). Tree Management - comprising of both a cyclical plan of maintenance, and reactive maintenance These elements will be tendered individually, and no contractor would be allowed to win both a surveying and a tree management contract, as it is considered prudent to split those areas of specialist work. We expect both elements to be split between seven geographical regions: North North, North Central, West Urban, West Rural, East, South East, South West. We do not have any properties in London at this time. Contract details: To be confirmed following review of responses to our Preliminary Market Engagement Notice and this RFI. Estimated 5 years, followed by either potential to extend or requirement to re-tender To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=962497757

Planning Information

This is an exciting opportunity to help a national Housing Association shape its Tree Maintenance programme and policy for the future. We would welcome any insights you wish to share that you feel would help us to create the programme that suits our estate and customers. Please respond to the below questions - your answers should be sent to: Emma.Thomas@Stonewater.org by midday 11th July 2025. Please use 400 words or fewer per question, and please send an attachment where indicated. The Delta Access code for this opportunity is: ETSB42G4W9 Please note, this is NOT the Access code for a Tender, but for the PME only. 1. Are you content with the contracts being offered as one single lot each, or would you prefer a set of more than one lot? (If the latter, please propose the basis on which multiple lots might be defined, if different to the following: North North, North Central, West Urban, West Rural, East, South East, South West). Please include any issues you would foresee with capacity for either one national Lot or smaller, geographically split Lots. 2. Are you content with the contracts being split between surveying and management, and with our decision that no contractor could win both a surveying and a management contract? Please provide some details/context for your reasoning. 3. What qualifications and/or accreditations would you reasonably expect the winning bidders for either element to hold as a minimum? 4. Please could you provide an anonymised example of your typical survey data (this can be sent as an attachment)? Do you include tree plans in your reports? 5. Please could you provide an anonymised example of your typical cyclical maintenance schedule (this can be sent as an attachment)? 6. Which pricing model would you recommend for these contracts (see above) and why? 7. Please could you share indicative pricing for surveys (and stage which geographical region this would cover), listing what you would usually include for that cost. We are trying to assess costs to understand the budget requirement so an average value would be useful. 8. Please could you share indicative pricing for cyclical maintenance visits (and stage which geographical region this would cover), listing what you would usually include for that cost. We are trying to assess costs to understand the budget requirement so an average value would be useful.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0554b1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036051-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services


CPV Codes

03452000 - Trees

77211300 - Tree-clearing services

77211400 - Tree-cutting services

77211500 - Tree-maintenance services

77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming

77341000 - Tree pruning

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jun 20257 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
13 Jul 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
29 Apr 2026 - 29 Apr 2031 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
STONEWATER LIMITED
Contact Name
Emma Thomas
Contact Email
emma.thomas@stonewater.org
Contact Phone
+44 1384 471065

Buyer Location

Locality
LEICESTER
Postcode
LE8 6EP
Post Town
Leicester
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
Blaby
Electoral Ward
North Whetstone
Westminster Constituency
South Leicestershire

Further Information

Notice Documents

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