Issue - meetings

This report sought permission to award a contract for tree maintenance. This included works such as the twice-yearly pruning of trees to remove low branches/suckers, the provision of an emergency response service for tree works and the completion of tree work to deal with customer requests for service and complaints identified during routine surveys.

The Cabinet had agreed to commence procurement (Gateway 1) on 8 June 2010 and the report gave details of the procurement process, the options available and an evaluation of the tender information. An exempt appendix set out details of the whole life costings for the contract, together with the detailed tender evaluation information.

It was noted that the Strategic Procurement Board had considered this report on 9 March 2011 and referred it to Cabinet for approval.

Reasons:

To enable the Council to fulfil its statutory duty of care obligations relating to tree management and facilitates the completion of tree work to deal with legitimate customer requests for service and complaints in line with the Council’s adopted tree policy.