Arboriculture Services

This is a market engagement exercise to inform Hampshire County Council's procurement strategy for Arboriculture Services.

Hampshire County Council is carrying out a market engagement to assist in understanding the market's approach to the provision of arboriculture services, to include but not limited to, the maintenance of trees, including pruning, crown raising, crown thinning and reduction, complete removal and disposal of trees, broken branches, dead wood, stump removal etc.

The council may divide the Framework into 3 or 4 geographical lots.

Registration and completion of the questionnaire does not constitute an expression of interest in any tender, nor is it a Selection Questionnaire.

Responses will not be used to evaluate organisations, create a shortlist or guarantee inclusion or exclusion from any resulting tender exercise.

Organisations will not be advantaged or disadvantaged by responding to the questionnaire.

The questionnaire is to obtain feedback from the market to inform the Council's procurement strategy only.

Any subsequent tender which may be issued will require formal registration and appropriate assessment.

The provision of Arboriculture Services to include but not limited to the maintenance of trees, for example remedial tree works such as removing fallen trees, broken branches, dead wood, stump removal etc. Emergency call outs within 2 hours, and out of hour attendance.

HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

The purpose of this market engagement exercise is to ask suppliers to consider Hampshire County Council's proposal for an Arboriculture Framework then respond to the questionnaire.

Your responses will be treated in confidence and used to inform the Procurement Strategy only.

To respond please go to: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire

If your organisation is not registered on the Hampshire In-tend portal, please go the website above and click on the 'Register' tab - registration is free.

Logging into In-Tend (once registered)

• To view this opportunity please click on 'Tenders' then 'Current' and then scroll down to the project CC19722 Arboriculture Services
• Select 'View Details'
• Click the 'Express Interest' tab
• Follow the on-screen instructions
• More information is available via the Synopsis button
• Please complete the word questionnaire and return via the correspondence function as an attachment.

It is recommended you refer to the e-tendering guidance for suppliers which can be found by clicking on 'Information for Suppliers' at the top of the In-Tend home page.

Closing date for responses is 17:00 hrs WEDNESDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2022