Decision details

OD/23/56 Updated Plants and Trees

Decision Maker: Officer Decision

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Sourcing Ipswich Borough Council’s Local Authorities Treescapes Fund (LATF) grant trees in partnership with all Suffolk Councils, enabled via Suffolk County Council and few park tree and plant replacements.

 

A procurement exercise has been undertaken by the Parks Team with Officers from the Council’s Procurement team for the purchase and supply of grant funded trees and park tree and plant replacements.

 

Four bids were submitted, and a validation process was carried out by officers from the Council’s Parks & Procurement teams and the bid submitted by Urban Forestry was found to demonstrate value for money and quality for the many individual species required.

 

The planting will be carried out by the Council’s Wildlife Rangers & Grounds Maintenance Teams.

Decision:

To award a contract to Urban Forestry. The total value of this contract is £17,657.50 for the purchase and supply of trees.

 

Reason:

To  supply the LATF trees and a few park tree and plant replacements

Publication date: 23/10/2023

Date of decision: 10/10/2023

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