CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Native Hedgerow Whip Planting on the Great Glamorgan Way

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The Vale of Glamorgan Council (“the Council”) requires half a mile of native bareroot hedgerow whip planting (“the Works”) within the counties of the Vale of Glamorgan and Cardiff i.e. 3500 individual whips with canes and guards. The planting will be broken into smaller linear sections of approximately 20 - 150 metres across the two counties. The Works will include sourcing and planting the product according to the Detailed Requirements in this document.

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2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The project is funded by the EU Rural Development Program grant scheme: Enabling Natural Resources and Well-being in Wales (ENRaW). The current phase of the GGW is scheduled to run until May 2023 with the possibility of an extension. Therefore, bareroot whips must be planted in this planting season (October 2022 - January 2023).

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Please see attached documents

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

RFQ/MS

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

The Vale of Glamorgan Council has declared a Climate and Nature emergency and is committed to working with suppliers that contribute to our journey towards Net Zero Carbon.

Tenders may be submitted in Welsh and will be treated no less favourably than a tender submitted in English.

(WA Ref:124317)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice