Tree and Woodland Maintenance 2026 Tender
Original: Tree and Woodland Maintenance - Arboriculture Services
Bristol City Council
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This is a contract notice published by a government body covering services. Delivery covers United Kingdom (Europe). It is classified under Forestry and Reforestation against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords.
Bristol City Council is procuring a five-year (2027-2032) arboricultural services contract covering inspection, pruning, felling, planting and aftercare across its tree stock and woodland estate, with a stated aim of public safety, biodiversity and urban forest management. It suits established arboricultural contractors with council-scale delivery capacity, and potentially SMEs able to deliver or subcontract specific operations.
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About this tender
Bristol City Council is procuring a specialist arboricultural contractor to provide comprehensive tree and woodland maintenance services across the council's tree stock and woodland assets. The contract covers both 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 maintenance of young and mature tree populations. The service aims to ensure public safety, protect and enhance the council's tree assets, support biodiversity and ecological value, maintain highways and public spaces, and comply with relevant arboricultural standards and legislation. It is intended to deliver the sustainable long-term management of the city's urban forest and woodland estate. The stated contract period is 2027 to 2032.
Key requirements
- ✓Planned and reactive arboricultural operations: inspections, pruning, pollarding, felling, stump treatment and epicormic removal
- ✓Planting, establishment and aftercare of new trees, plus maintenance of young and mature tree populations
- ✓Compliance with arboricultural standards and legislation, with public safety and biodiversity outcomes
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How this compares
- Compared with 49 similar tenders (forestry in United Kingdom) listed in the last 12 months.
- Its value of $7.0m is above 86% of the 35 similar tenders that state a value; their median is $125k.
- It allows 31 days to respond, longer than the typical 18 days across 39 similar tenders.
- This is the only similar tender from this organisation listed here in the last 12 months.
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About this sector
Forestry funding supports afforestation, reforestation, sustainable forest management and avoided deforestation. Money flows from climate finance, nature programmes, results-based payments and corporate buyers of forest carbon. Calls typically require land tenure clarity, community engagement and a credible plan to monitor tree survival over time.
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