Vegetation Management Services Contract

Description

The Canal & River Trust (the Trust) wishes to engage Contractor (s) to undertake Vegetation & Environmental Services. The Trust requires a number of contracts to deliver Vegetation Services contracts to deliver services covering assets found in England and Wales in the following regions: East Midlands, London & South East, North West, Wales & South West, West Midlands, and Yorkshire & North East. • Grass Surfaces & hedges • Control of Terrestrial Invasive Plants • Vegetation Clearance on Structures and weed management (herbicide) • Arboriculture Works planned & reactive • Offside Vegetation • Aquatic Weed & floating litter • Litter, Dog Fouling The contracts will use generic specifications that reflect our customer service, safety, heritage, and environmental standards. Lot 1: Grass surfaces and hedges Grass surfaces and hedges Lot 2: Arboriculture work planned & reactive Arboriculture Works planned & reactive services Lot 3: Aquatic reed and invasive weed including floating litter Aquatic reed and invasive weed including floating litter Lot 4: Waterborne vegetation management Waterborne vegetation management Lot 5: Vegetation clearance from structures & invasive weed management (herbicide) Vegetation clearance from structures & invasive weed management (herbicide) Lot 6: Litter, Dog Fouling bins Litter, Dog Fouling bins Lot 7: Reservoir Maintenance The Trust maintains 70 large, raised reservoirs under the Reservoirs Act and a further 11 small, raised reservoirs, there is also a significant length of feeder channels upstream of the reservoirs and bypass channels down the side of reservoirs. These require careful vegetation management to ensure good surveillance around these features and ensuring these remain safe and features such as trees remain healthy and do not put the embankment dam at risk. We also need to keep the vegetation well maintained around the perimeter of the reservoirs to enable safe and welcoming visitor access to the Trust's property. Works expected will be grass cutting, hedge work, herbicide spraying, tree work, structure clearance works. Lot 1: Grass surfaces and hedges Grass surfaces and hedges Lot 2: Arboriculture work planned & reactive Arboriculture Works planned & reactive services Lot 3: Aquatic reed and invasive weed including floating litter Aquatic reed and invasive weed including floating litter Lot 4: Waterborne vegetation management Waterborne vegetation management Lot 5: Vegetation clearance from structures & invasive weed management (herbicide) Vegetation clearance from structures & invasive weed management (herbicide) Lot 6: Litter, Dog Fouling bins Litter, Dog Fouling bins Lot 7: Reservoir Maintenance The Trust maintains 70 large, raised reservoirs under the Reservoirs Act and a further 11 small, raised reservoirs, there is also a significant length of feeder channels upstream of the reservoirs and bypass channels down the side of reservoirs. These require careful vegetation management to ensure good surveillance around these features and ensuring these remain safe and features such as trees remain healthy and do not put the embankment dam at risk. We also need to keep the vegetation well maintained around the perimeter of the reservoirs to enable safe and welcoming visitor access to the Trust's property. Works expected will be grass cutting, hedge work, herbicide spraying, tree work, structure clearance works.