How to win: Tree and Woodland Maintenance - Arboriculture Services

About this contract

Bristol City Council is seeking to gain insight into the practicality, capacity, feasibility, and deliverability of a potential contract for the provision of arboricultural tree maintenance services. To support this, the Council is inviting suppliers to participate in a soft market testing exercise to help refine the specification for this commission and to express an interest in bidding for this contract. Information gathered through this process will help inform the development of a future Arboricultural Maintenance of Trees contract, should the Council decide to proceed with procurement.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Bristol City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £7,798,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 6 August 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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