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.
This contract is the Professional Service Contract (PSC) and the Ground Investigation Contract (GI).
The PSC and the GI Contract will be offered as two National Lots. More than one contractor may be appointed for each of the PSC and GI Lots.
PSC will cover all types of Civil Engineering, Environmental, Heritage, Business Process Advice & Design, Strategy & Resilience Consultancy Services.
The expected turnover will be approximately £3 - £4 million per annum for PSC and approximately £1.5 - £2 million per annum for GI.
The Framework Contracts are to be awarded for a period of up to 8 years, with an initial term of 4 years followed by extension options of a further 4 years in increments to be determined.