--- title: "HDC Arboricultural Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-76d901b4-ac6d-400c-be6c-8837589c555a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-76d901b4-ac6d-400c-be6c-8837589c555a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-76d901b4-ac6d-400c-be6c-8837589c555a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-76d901b4-ac6d-400c-be6c-8837589c555a.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL" published: "2024-06-26" --- # HDC Arboricultural Services Buyer: CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-76d901b4-ac6d-400c-be6c-8837589c555a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-76d901b4-ac6d-400c-be6c-8837589c555a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-76d901b4-ac6d-400c-be6c-8837589c555a.json) ## Summary The Crawley Borough Council is planning a procurement process for HDC Arboricultural Services in the Agricultural services industry category. The process is at the planning stage, with key milestones including an engagement end date on 10th July 2024. The project scope involves inspection, maintenance, and specialist works on trees and woodlands in Horsham, South East region, United Kingdom. This tender by Crawley Borough Council for arboricultural services provides an opportunity for businesses specialising in agricultural and forestry services, especially those based in the South East region of the UK. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered suitable for this procurement, catering to the council's need for tree works starting in spring 2025 and potentially providing emergency call-out services throughout the year. ## Notice Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire Thank you for registering your interest in our Supplier Engagement Event taking place in person on 17th July 2024. The Council will provide full details upon receipt of a completed questionnaire. To help make the session as informative as possible we would like you to respond to the questions provided in the attached questionnaire. We are not looking for a detailed response and we would expect that the questions take no longer than 30 minutes to complete. Please send your answers to these questions to procurement@horsham.gov.uk by 12:00 Wednesday 10th July 2024. The responses to this questionnaire will provide the Council with useful market insight and is not part of any competitive tender, nor does this indicate that the Council will undertake any contract award relating to this requirement in the future. Any information provided will be treated in confidence and only used to inform the Council about current market conditions and supplier preferences. Neither failing to respond to this questionnaire will mean exclusion from any potential tendering opportunity going forward nor can the Council guarantee any inclusion in any potential tendering opportunity if you do respond to this Questionnaire. Background to the Contract The Council are seeking to appoint an arboricultural contractor(s) to undertake tree works on their behalf. We would be looking for the contract(s) to start in the spring of 2025. We currently do not have a main contractor but are using a number of different local suppliers. Project Scope Inspection, maintenance and specialist works on all the trees and woodland on Council land across the District. The maintenance element will include a requirement for a 24hr, 365 day emergency call-out service. Project Budget In the financial year 2023-24 the cost of tree inspection and maintenance was PS210k, with a further PS151k on ash-dieback removal. We expect the value of the latter to reduce over the term of the contract. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b2e945e-ceba-4d53-ac97-29ce3fdbb9bf | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 26 Jun 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 Jul 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL | | Locality | HORSHAM | | Post town | Redhill | | Postcode | RH12 1RL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex | | ITL 3 | TLJ28 West Sussex (North East) | | Local authority | Horsham | | Electoral ward | Denne | | Westminster constituency | Horsham | | Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services ### Codes - 77100000 - Agricultural services - 77200000 - Forestry services ## Release History - 26 Jun 2024 at 14:27 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b2e945e-ceba-4d53-ac97-29ce3fdbb9bf ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b2e945e-ceba-4d53-ac97-29ce3fdbb9bf 26th June 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9756843f-f705-4244-9bcb-a2f1b8c9b380 Thank you for registering your interest in our Supplier Engagement Event taking place in person on 17th July 2024. The Council will provide full details upon receipt of a completed questionnaire. To help make the session as informative as possible we would like you to respond to the questions provided overleaf. We are not looking for a detailed response and we would expect that the questions take no longer than 30 minutes to complete. Please send your answers to these questions to procurement@horsham.gov.uk by 12:00 Wednesday 10th July 2024. ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-76d901b4-ac6d-400c-be6c-8837589c555a. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-76d901b4-ac6d-400c-be6c-8837589c555a.json.