Grounds Maintenance and Tree Maintenance London and Quadrant Housing Trust Grounds Maintenance and Tree Maintenance London and Quadrant Housing Trust Grounds Maintenance and Tree MaintenanceL and Q is seeking suitably experienced suppliers to fulfil its grounds and tree maintenance across its estates. The scope of the GM services will include, but is not necessarily restricted to the following:• Grass cutting removing excess arisings • Grass maintenance to include weed control, litter and leaf removal• Horticultural maintenance to borders and beds to include weed control, litter and leaf removal• Pruning and hedge cutting• Replanting• Hard surface maintenance to include cleaning, litter, algae, moss and weed removal• Maintain and report on hard surface condition an... Reference no:OCT491608 Published by:London and Quadrant Housing Trust Published to:External Deadline date:23/10/2024 Notice Type:Contract notice OCID:ocds-h6vhtk-04a30b Location: UK - All UK - All Value:- Summary OCID:ocds-h6vhtk-04a30bPublished by:London and Quadrant Housing TrustAuthority ID:AA73245Publication date:01 October 2024Deadline date:23 October 2024Notice type:Contract NoticeHas documents:NoHas SPD:NoHas Carbon Reduction Plan:N/A Abstract L and Q is seeking suitably experienced suppliers to fulfil its grounds and tree maintenance across its estates. The scope of the GM services will include, but is not necessarily restricted to the following:• Grass cutting removing excess arisings • Grass maintenance to include weed control, litter and leaf removal• Horticultural maintenance to borders and beds to include weed control, litter and leaf removal• Pruning and hedge cutting• Replanting• Hard surface maintenance to include cleaning, litter, algae, moss and weed removal• Maintain and report on hard surface condition and safety, carrying out minor repairs • Inspect all external surfaces, structures and features reporting on their condition • External litter removal and bin emptying • Graffiti removal• Cleaning of bin stores and paladins (where a Site is not serviced by a separate cleaning contract)• Minor tree care • Dilapidation repair work• Woodland management works to include coppicing/thinning Full notice text Contract noticeSection I: Contracting authority I.1) Name and addressesLondon and Quadrant Housing Trust29 – 35 West Ham LaneStratfordE15 4PHUK Contact person: Adrian Uden - Procurement E-mail: auden@lqgroup.org.uk NUTS: UKInternet address(es) Main address: https://www.in-tendhost.co.ukI.3) CommunicationThe procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:https://www.in-tendhost.co.ukAdditional information can be obtained from the abovementioned addressTenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:https://www.in-tendhost.co.ukTenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned addressI.4) Type of the contracting authorityRegional or local authorityI.5) Main activityHousing and community amenitiesSection II: ObjectII.1) Scope of the procurementII.1.1) TitleGrounds Maintenance and Tree Maintenance Reference number: L and Q 00001760II.1.2) Main CPV code50000000 II.1.3) Type of contractServicesII.1.4) Short descriptionL and Q is seeking suitably experienced suppliers to fulfil its grounds and tree maintenance across its estates. The scope of the GM services will include, but is not necessarily restricted to the following:• Grass cutting removing excess arisings • Grass maintenance to include weed control, litter and leaf removal• Horticultural maintenance to borders and beds to include weed control, litter and leaf removal• Pruning and hedge cutting• Replanting• Hard surface maintenance to include cleaning, litter, algae, moss and weed removal• Maintain and report on hard surface condition and safety, carrying out minor repairs • Inspect all external surfaces, structures and features reporting on their condition • External litter removal and bin emptying • Graffiti removal• Cleaning of bin stores and paladins (where a Site is not serviced by a separate cleaning contract)• Minor tree care • Dilapidation repair work• Woodland management works to include coppicing/thinning II.1.5) Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 17 000 000.00 GBPII.1.6) Information about lots This contract is divided into lots: No II.2) DescriptionII.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)77000000II.2.3) Place of performanceNUTS code:UKMain site or place of performance:GM - London South (Inner) and East (Inner)Trees -South and North West EnglandII.2.4) Description of the procurementServices and Works to be provided under the Contracts include (but are not limited to):Grounds MaintenanceTree MaintenanceII.2.5) Award criteriaCriteria below: Quality criterion: Quality / Weighting: 65% Price / Weighting: 35%II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system Duration in months: 84 This contract is subject to renewal: No II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invitedII.2.10) Information about variants Variants will be accepted: No II.2.11) Information about options Options: No II.2.13) Information about European Union funds The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No II.2.14) Additional informationSection III: Legal, economic, financial and technical informationIII.1) Conditions for participationIII.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registersList and brief description of conditions:L and Q expect a minimum standard of qualification to be held by the organisation's operatives. Please confirm if staff are qualified to the following standards using the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF):1. Operatives; RQF Level 1 (amenity horticulture, arborist, pest control etc.) and or/other relevant vocational qualifications.2. Skilled staff including gardeners/arboriculturists and supervisors; RQF Level 2 (amenity horticulture, arboriculture, pest control) and/or other relevant vocational qualifications.3. Managers and above; RQF Levels 3 and 4 (amenity horticulture, arboriculture, pest control) and/or other relevant vocational qualificationsL and Q expects the successful contractor(s) to be members of the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) and to maintain that membership during the life of the contract. &Q expects the successful consultancy to be corporate members of the Arboricultural Association and to maintain that membership during the life of the contract. Please confirm if your organisation is a corporate member of the Arboricultural Association. For Lot 4 (North West THT ONLY) - please note that membership to the Arboricultural Association is not mandatory However, "Technician" membership would also be acceptable (Lot 4 only)III.2) Conditions related to the contractSection IV: ProcedureIV.1) DescriptionIV.1.1) Type of procedure Restricted procedure IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes IV.2) Administrative informationIV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate Date: 23/10/2024 Local time: 17:00IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates Date: 02/01/2025IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submittedENIV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender Tender must be valid until: 25/04/2025Section VI: Complementary informationVI.1) Information about recurrence This is a recurrent procurement: No VI.2) Information about electronic workflowsElectronic ordering will be usedElectronic invoicing will be acceptedElectronic payment will be usedVI.4) Procedures for reviewVI.4.1) Review bodyL and Q Cray House, 3 Maidstone Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 5HUSidcupUK E-mail: AUden@lqgroup.org.ukVI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation proceduresRICSRICSRICSDA14 5HUUK E-mail: AUden@lqgroup.org.ukVI.4.3) Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:As per ITTVI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtainedL & Q DA14 5HUSidcup, KentDA14 5HUUK E-mail: AUden@lqgroup.org.ukVI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice26/09/2024 Coding Commodity categories ID Title Parent category 77000000Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural servicesAgriculture and Food50000000Repair and maintenance servicesOther Services Delivery locations ID Description 100UK - All Alert region restrictions The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions. ID Description There are no alert restrictions for this notice. About the buyer Main contact:auden@lqgroup.org.ukAdmin contact:N/aTechnical contact:N/aOther contact:N/a Further information Date Details No further information has been uploaded.