P3352 Arboricultural Services Framework Agreement

The Council aims to contract with suppliers to provide and maintain a high quality, responsive arboricultural (tree) maintenance service for the whole City. The framework agreement contracts resulting from this procurement will commence on 1st April 2027.

This procurement project will go through three stages, and this notice initially invites suppliers to participate in stage - 1 Invitation to Participate (ITP). Only suppliers that pass stage 1 will proceed to stage 2 - Onsite Assessment and only suppliers that pass stage 2 will be able to participate in stage 3 - Invitation to Tender.

This procurement will be split into 3 Lots: Lot 1 North, Lot 2 South and Lot 3 Provision of Tree/Enquiry Inspections. Please see the documents in attached to this project on Intend for further details.

If you have any clarification questions regarding stage 1 - Invitation to Participate, please submit them using Intend's project correspondence function. A clarification tracker document which be published on a regular basis detailing all clarification questions asked and the answers provided by the Council to these questions.

The name of the supplier which asked the clarification question will NOT be included in the clarification tracker. - The deadline for submitting clarification questions for stage 1 is 12pm - 22nd May 2026 Provision of all arboricultural services required by the Council (except those services covered by Lot 3) for the North of the city of Birmingham.

Provision of all arboricultural services required by the Council (except those services covered by Lot 3) for the South of the city of Birmingham Lot 3 is for the provision of Tree Enquiry Inspections and the supply of an arboriculturalist to carry out this service.

Five suppliers will be appointed to Lot 3 and being awarded a contract for Lot 1 or Lot 2 will not preclude a supplier from being awarded a contract for Lot 3. Work packages for Lot 3 will be allocated to suppliers based on a rank system and there will also be an option for further competition if more appropriate to individual requirements.