Tender

Arboriculture Services

PLATFORM HOUSING LIMITED

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Tender

01 Aug 2025 at 10:35

Summary of the contracting process

Platform Housing Limited is currently in the tender phase for the procurement of arboriculture services, seeking proposals from qualified suppliers to manage tree maintenance across its properties in various regions of the United Kingdom. The procurement process, following a competitive open approach, involves a flexible procedure focusing on quality and cost submissions. This tender is divided into three lots, each representing different regions—namely THAME, SEVERN, and WITHAM— with contracts valued at £444,000 per lot. Key deadlines include the submission of tenders by 5 pm on 29th August 2025 and the award decision anticipated by 5th September 2025. The contract period will start on 1st October 2025 and conclude on 30th September 2028.

This tender represents a substantial opportunity for growth within the arboriculture services industry. Businesses particularly well-suited for this opportunity are those that are ARB Approved Contractors with robust technical capabilities, adequate insurance, and adherence to health and safety, ethical trading, and sustainability policies. As suitability criteria, there is an encouragement for SMEs to apply, highlighting the potential for smaller enterprises to gain foothold in large-scale contracts. With the contracts distributed across various UK regions, organisations equipped to provide emergency, urgent, and planned maintenance services may find this an ideal opportunity to expand their service portfolios.

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Notice Title

Arboriculture Services

Notice Description

Platform Housing Group is seeking proposals from experienced and qualified suppliers to provide tree management services of emergency; urgent and planned maintenance works across all three localities of Platform properties. In some instances, there will also be a need to conduct surveys. We are looking to award the contracts as 3 lots - each one with a contract value of PS370k (PS123k x 3)

Lot Information

THAME - UKG

THAME Platform Housing Group is seeking proposals from experienced and qualified suppliers to provide tree management services of emergency; urgent and planned maintenance works across all three localities of Platform properties. In some instances, there will also be a need to conduct surveys. We are looking to award the contracts as 3 lots - each one with a contract value of PS444 over the contract period.

SEVERN UK K

SEVERN Platform Housing Group is seeking proposals from experienced and qualified suppliers to provide tree management services of emergency; urgent and planned maintenance works across all three localities of Platform properties. In some instances, there will also be a need to conduct surveys. We are looking to award the contracts as 3 lots - each one with a contract value of PS444 over the contract period.

WITHAM UKH

WITHAM Platform Housing Group is seeking proposals from experienced and qualified suppliers to provide tree management services of emergency; urgent and planned maintenance works across all three localities of Platform properties. In some instances, there will also be a need to conduct surveys. We are looking to award the contracts as 3 lots - each one with a contract value of PS444 over the contract period.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-056b28
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045148-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
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

03451000 - Plants

03452000 - Trees

77310000 - Planting and maintenance services of green areas

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,332,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,332,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Aug 20256 months ago
Submission Deadline
29 Aug 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2028 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
PLATFORM HOUSING LIMITED
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurementhelp@platformhg.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
SOLIHULL
Postcode
B37 7YD
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG32 Solihull
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
Solihull
Electoral Ward
Bickenhill
Westminster Constituency
Meriden and Solihull East

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