Published Date: 21 February 2022
Tender Status: complete
Tender Opening Date: n/a
Tender Closing Date: 7 July 2021
Award Date: 21 February 2022
Contract Start Date: 1 April 2022
Contract End Date: 31 March 2026
Contract is suitable for SMEs: Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs: No
Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) Contract Type: Services
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is setting up a Framework for the provision of
arboricultural services within The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead for both
standard, time sensitive and emergency work. Work will be required along the public
highway (which must be carried out in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 8 of the
Traffic Signs Manual and further detailed in the booklet entitled "Safety at Street Works &
Road Works" issued by the Department for Transport; the New Roads and Street Works Act
1991, The Traffic Management Act 2004 and Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England)
Regulations 2007 and any subsequent amendments thereto), on public rights of way and on
sites within Borough such as cemeteries, churchyards, parks, open spaces and property
sites.
There are 30,299 individual trees recorded on the adopted highway, in parks, open spaces
and cemeteries within RBWM. The Authority is currently in the process of completing an
audit and condition survey of trees in some of these sites and estimates a further 5,000 trees
will be added to our records. In addition, the Authority manages a number of small
woodlands and hedgerow trees.
The Authority is firmly committed to maintaining the trees and woods as a vital part of the
environment of The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, the policies and guidance for
which are contained in 'A Tree and Woodland Strategy for the Borough 2010 to 2020'. This
document can be viewed at https://www3.rbwm.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/203/tree_
strategy_and_policy_guidance.pdf
The proposed Framework will play a key part in helping to deliver the aims and objectives of
the Tree and Woodland Strategy for the Authority. The tree related services that will be
required by the Authority include:
• Climbing Inspections
• Formative Pruning
• Crown Lifting
• Crown Thinning
• Pruning Back From Property, Boundaries Or Objects
• Crown Reduction and Reshaping
• Conservation Pruning
• Pollarding
• Re-Pollarding
• Cleaning Out Objects
• Severance/removal of Climbing Plants
• Removal of Dead, Dying, Diseased and Broken Branches
• Crown Clean
• Specific Branch/Limb Removal or Reduction
• Removal of Suckers and Epicormic Shoots
• Pruning for Infrastructure
• Bi-annual removal of Epicormic shoots, suckers and crown lifting
• Tree Felling
• Removal/Trimming of Hedges
• Coppicing
• Tree Stump and Root Removal or Treatment
• Young tree maintenance
• Root Pruning
• Bark Wound Repair
• Bracing and Propping
• The Provision of an Emergency Out of Hours Service
• Control of Brown Tail Moth
• Control of Oak Processionary Moth (excluding chemical treatment)
• Traffic Management
Contact name: Christopher Dickenson
Address: Town Hall,St Ives Road
MAIDENHEAD
SL61RF
England
Telephone: 01628796285
Fax: n/a
Email: [email protected]
Price Range: £1,120,000
