Tree Maintenance Services

Details

Whangarei District Council (WDC) are reviewing their:
 Public Tree Maintenance Contract

WDC have engaged The Integral Group Limited (TIGL) to assist with this process. TIGL’s role is to facilitate the procurement process, assisted by subject matter expertise provided by the council.

The process will be a two staged open market process:
 Registration of Interest (ROI)
 Request for Proposal (RFP)

This ROI is the first formal step in the process and is intended to be of minimal effort for respondents and allow WDC to create a short list of suppliers to invite to enter the RFP process.

Key services required include:
 develop a strategy and programme for next five years
 street trees – urban 60km/h zone
 parks open spaces
 cemeteries open spaces
 scheduled inspections and maintenance programmes for:
 public health and safety
 tree health and longevity
 shape appropriate to tree
 clear of utilities
 replacement of tree stock
 Request (public enquiry) response
 risk reduction for WDC
 emergency response and reactive maintenance
 traffic management plans and traffic management around worksites
 collection and provision of asset data
 maintain asset register and database
 reporting including professional advice from qualified arborist
 support for tree owners in cases of listed Notable trees
 customer liaison
 quality assurance and monthly reporting
 customer service including responding to Request system