LB Hillingdon- Provision of a tree maintenance service

7385 trees are plotted within our tree database. Work is many sent through on an adhoc basis with a focus on priority level. We are working towards an inspection cycle based on the Road Hierarchy and hope that within this contract period work will become more proactive. The contractor is expected to provide out of hour (OOH) call out provision for the whole borough irrespective of the establishment type, this means work could be within a housing site or a parks tree has fallen onto the highway. OOH call outs are expected to have a response time of 90 minutes. The contractor is also expected to be able to respond to emergency call outs geographically located within the North of the borough within working hours with a response time of 45 minutes.

8118 trees are plotted within our tree database. Work is many sent through on an adhoc basis with a focus on priority level. We are working towards an inspection cycle based on the Road Hierarchy and hope that within this contract period work will become more proactive. The contractor is expected to be able to respond to emergency call outs geographically located within the South of the borough within working hours with a response time of 45 minutes. In the event of a storm, the contractor maybe called upon to assist with out of hours call outs.

5300 trees are plotted within our tree database; there is an unknown number of tenant garden trees and corporate sites trees. Trees within housing communal areas are inspected on a three-year inspection cycle and work batches sent out. Work to trees within tenant's gardens and corporate sites is sent out on an adhoc basis. The contractor is expected to be able to attend urgent jobs the next working day. In the event of a storm, the contractor maybe called upon to assist with out of hours call outs however, contractors awarded Lot 1 will be called upon first.