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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", "dueDate": "2026-03-30T23:59:59+01:00", "status": "scheduled" } ], "documents": [ { "id": "018488-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018488-2026", "datePublished": "2026-03-02T14:07:26Z", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "055711-2026", "documentType": "plannedProcurementNotice", "noticeType": "UK3", "description": "Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055711-2026", "datePublished": "2026-06-12T13:20:39+01:00", "format": "text/html" } ] }, "tender": { "id": "GPL0131", "legalBasis": { "id": "2023/54", "scheme": "UKPGA", "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents" }, "title": "Arboricultural Services", "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. 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