Notice Information
Notice Title
Arboricultural Services
Notice Description
The primary Service under this Contract is to provide tree maintenance services including, but not limited to: Reactive tree work - Work to be undertaken within 3 months. Planned tree work - Work with a timescale over 12 months. Planting of new and replacement trees. 24-hour emergency call-out service. Various other related tree maintenance services as and when required. The estimated total value of the framework over 4 years is circa PS10,500,000 distributed over 8 or 9 Lots across Orbit Regions.
Lot Information
East - North
Deliver tree works as defined in Scope and issued as worklists.
East - SouthDeliver tree works as defined in Scope.
Midlands - SouthDeliver tree works services as defined in Scope and issued as worklists.
Midlands - CentralDeliver tree works services as defined in Scope.
Midlands - EastDeliver tree maintenance services as defined in Scope and issued as worklists.
South - LondonDeliver tree maintenance as defined in Scope and issued as worklists.
South - KentDeliver arboricultural services as defined in Scope and issued as worklists.
South - Surrey SussexDeliver arboriculture works as defined in Scope and issued as worklists.
Special Region West SurreyDeliver arboriculture services as defined in Scope.
Planning Information
In preparation for the procurement, Orbit wishes to carry out this pre-market engagement and has published the Notice with the aim of eliciting input from potential suppliers for the purpose of: • Defining appropriate geographical Lots • Identifying suppliers that may be able to deliver what is required • Defining a suitable number of suppliers per Lot • Define how Orbit wishes to treat emergency callouts • Understanding the market, and its capacity to address its requirements • Increasing competition Orbit's GIS system has approximately 13,000 tree features (Individual, Group and Area) plotted across 1090 estates. See Appendices A, B, C, D and E for locations and numbers. Orbit is considering Lot boundaries as shown in the Appendices A-D: • 3 Lots (South/Midlands/East) • Lots or Sub Lots A - H Interested parties are invited to complete Appendix F - Response Form, issued via the Procontract portal. Forms should be returned via the Procontract portal as well. Following the return of Response Forms, Orbit reserves the right to engage with any supplier for the purposes of clarification of points made. Any such discussions will be over MS Teams calls. The provisional timetable for this pre-market engagement (subject to change at Orbit's discretion) is set out below: Action Date Orbit publishes Pre-Market Engagement Notice 2nd March 2026 Suppliers complete Response Form Appendix F and return via Procontract portal 2nd March 2026 - 30th March 10am Orbit may instigate clarification discussions with any supplier 31st March 2026 - 17th April Orbit will not use any information given to them in this process in evaluating any subsequent tender submissions at any stage in the process. No party may cross refer to any statement or qualification made as part of their response to this Engagement without raising it explicitly as part of any subsequent Procurement Specific Questionnaire or tender submission for any ensuing contract. Information gathered from any clarification discussions with any suppliers will be compiled and shared with the published tender documents. Please respond to this notice at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Supplier/Advert/View?advertId=1475994c-3316-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=False&fromRfxSummary=False&selectWorkgroup=False&fromAdvertEvent=False&fromActivityDashboard=False
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065fb9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055711-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
77211400 - Tree-cutting services
77211500 - Tree-maintenance services
77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Jun 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 7 Sep 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 27 Jul 20262 weeks to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 5 Jan 2027 - 4 Jan 2031 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ORBIT GROUP LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COVENTRY
- Postcode
- CV3 2SU
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG33 Coventry
- Delivery Location
- TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Coventry
- Electoral Ward
- Wyken
- Westminster Constituency
- Coventry East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055711-2026
12th June 2026 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018488-2026
2nd March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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