How to win: Tree and Woodland Maintenance - Arboriculture Services

About this contract

This project is to appoint a specialist arboricultural contractor to provide comprehensive tree and woodland maintenance services across Bristol City Council's tree stock and woodland assets. The contract covers planned and reactive arboricultural operations including tree inspections, pruning, crown management, pollarding, felling, stump treatment, epicormic growth removal, planting, establishment and aftercare of new trees, and the maintenance of young and mature tree populations. The service is intended to ensure public safety, protect and enhance the council's tree assets, support biodiversity and ecological value, maintain highways and public spaces, comply with relevant arboricultural standards and legislation, and deliver the sustainable long-term management of the city's urban forest and woodland estate between 2027 and 2032.

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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 £5,616,000, 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 27 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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