Site Visit Information - Cheshire East Woodland Creation Scheme 24-25

Description

Cheshire East Council intends to enter into a procurement process to procure a contract with a single supplier for the provision of woodland planting and maintenance across 3 council owned sites within the borough of Cheshire East. The scope of the service is anticipated to include ground preparation, tree supply, tree planting, establishment, beating up and maintenance. This prior information notice is published to advertise an invitation to visit each of the 2024/2025 Woodland Creation scheme sites, site visits will be held between 5th - 7th June 2024. Organisations who wish to participate in site visits must register their interest and send a message to confirm attendance via the project messaging area of The Chest e-tendering portal. The time limit for confirming attendance at site visits is 5:00 pm on 30th May 2024. Further details are contained in this prior information notice at section II.2.4 which outlines the location and relative dates for each site visit. Participation in this market engagement exercise is not a requirement for participation in any future procurement process undertaken by Cheshire East Council, nor is it intended that site visits will have the effect of distorting future competition or violating the principles of non-discrimination and transparency. Lot 1: Cheshire East Council is committed to becoming a carbon neutral council by 2027. Planting woodland is one of many projects underway to tackle and reduce their carbon emissions across the areas that the council has direct control over. The council recognises that it can’t eliminate it's carbon emissions completely by 2027, however the plan to plant 100 hectares of trees, by that time, will help to offset those carbon emissions. The Council intends to procure a contract with a single supplier for the provision of 2024/2025 woodland planting at the following 3 sites: - Buttertons Lane Farm - Haslington, Mill Lane - Goostry and Coole Pilate - Nantwich. Site visits will be conducted on the below dates/times: Wednesday 5th June 2024 - 10:00am – 2:00pm Buttertons Lane Farm, Haslington, CW1 5UT Access what3words: undertook. twins. tequila. Follow the driveway to the parking area. Thursday 6th June 2024 - 10:00am – 2:00pm Mill Lane, Byley Lane, Goostrey, CW4 8EP Parking on the M6 bridge on Byley Lane at what3words: presume. replayed. splat Access what3words: interviewer. square. purple Friday 7th June 2024 - 10:00am – 2:00pm Coole Pilate, Coole Lane, Nantwich, CW5 8AR Parking at what3words: coasting. purist. plot. Please note, parking is limited on site. Access at what3words: impulsive. clinked. visions Organisations who wish to participate in site visits must register their interest and send a message to confirm attendance via the project messaging area of The Chest e-tendering portal. The time limit for confirming attendance at site visits is 5:00 pm on 30th May 2024. Site plans and a site visit procedures document will be available on The Chest e-tendering portal at: www.the-chest.org.uk — Project ID DN724028. For the avoidance of doubt, any costs incurred in participating in the councils market engagement exercise shall be borne by the attending organisation.