Glasgow City Centre Tree Planters and Maintenance

Concepts

• glasgow
• landscape gardening
• trees
• tree maintenance
• tree seeding
• glasgow city centre tree planters
• glasgow city centre
• planters
• planter
• maintenance

Location

Glasgow City Centre

Description

This requirement is for the purchase, installation and maintenance of 21 large planters, 21 container grown trees, suitable herbaceous perennials/ornamental grasses (approximately 15-20 per planter) and a suitable soil medium in Glasgow City Centre.

Total Quantity or Scope

This requirement is for the purchase, instillation and maintenance of 21 large planters, 21 container grown trees, suitable herbaceous perennials/ornamental grasses (approximately 15-20 per planter) and a suitable soil medium in Glasgow City Centre. At the point of site placement of the planters, on Argyle Street, Jamaica Street, Union Street and Gordon Street the successful supplier will commence a maintenance programme for 12 months. The repositioning of planters will not affect the fixed maintenance period. The planters are expected to be in place for around 5 years – 10 years

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 71421000 - Landscape gardening services
• 03452000 - Trees
• 77211500 - Tree-maintenance services
• 77211600 - Tree seeding

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Bidders must hold certificates for Quality Assurance and Environmental Management Standards or comply with all questions noted in SPD Section 4D. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Bidders must complete Appendix 16 – Health and Safety Questionnaire and submit it with the tender submission (Only bidders who pass the health and safety aspect shall be considered). Freedom of Information Act Information on the FOI Act is contained in Appendix A of the ITT. Applicants must note the implications of this legislation and ensure that any information they wish the council to consider withholding is specifically indicated on the FOI certificate (NB the council does not bind itself to withhold this information). Tenderers Amendments Bidders must enter any clause, condition, amendment to specification or any other qualification they may wish to make conditional to this offer. Prompt Payment The successful Supplier shall, as a condition of being awarded the tender, be required to demonstrate to the council's satisfaction that all funds due to the tenderer's permitted sub-contractors in respect of these works are paid timeously and that as a minimum invoices rendered by subcontractors shall (unless formally disputed by the tenderer) be paid within 30 days of receipt. The successful tenderer shall also impose this condition on its sub-contractors in respect of payments due to any sub-sub-contractors, if any. Non Collusion Bidders will be required to complete the Non Collusion certificate. Insurance Mandate All successful suppliers will be required to sign an Insurance Mandate, contained in the buyers attachments area within the PCS Tender portal authorising the Council to request copies of insurance documents from the supplier’s insurance provider. If the mandate is not signed and returned the Council reserves the right to request copies of insurance certificates from bidders at any point during the contract period. Terms and Conditions are located within the attachments area within the PCS Tender portal as Appendix 10. Additional information pertaining to this contract notice is contained in the Invitation to Tender Document. Bidders must ensure they read all the attachments available in the attachment area in line with this contract notice. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27871. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Minimum Community Benefits 10 points is required; community benefit points will be triggered once the spend reaches 50,000 GBP. (SC Ref:782204)