AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Worcester City Council has awarded and signed a contract with ACER TREE SERVICES (HEREFORD) LIMITED for the sectional dismantling and removal of 22 Lombardy poplars at St John's Cemetery in Worcester, including chip and timber removal.
Published outcomeOne active award and one active contract are recorded for supplier ACER TREE SERVICES (HEREFORD) LIMITED. The contract is explicitly recorded as signed on 16 October 2026 and is scheduled to run from 26 to 30 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a short-duration, below-threshold tree-cutting services contract procured through limited competition, with a stated contract value of £29,745 excluding VAT (£35,694 including VAT).
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
ACER TREE SERVICES (HEREFORD) LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £29,745 excluding VAT; £35,694 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract
View supporting evidence
Award 1 names supplier GB-COH-09323014. Supplier verification matched company number 09323014 to ACER TREE SERVICES (HEREFORD) LIMITED. The published contract linked to award 1 states £29,745 net and £35,694 gross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
View supporting evidence
Process notice type and contract document description: “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”.
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete
View supporting evidence
Tender status is recorded as “complete”.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
View supporting evidence
Award 1 status is “active”.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
View supporting evidence
Contract 1 status is “active”.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 16 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Contract 1 dateSigned: 2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£29,745
View supporting evidence
Contract 1 value.amount: 29745 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£35,694
View supporting evidence
Contract 1 value.amountGross: 35694 GBP.
Value attribution
96% confidenceContract-level value for the single published contract linked to award 1
View supporting evidence
Contract 1 is linked through awardID “1”; the notice records one supplier and one related lot.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence16 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Contract 1 dateSigned: 2026-10-16.
Notice published
99% confidence19 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Published_at and contract document datePublished: 2026-10-19T12:24:00+01:00.
Contract start
99% confidence26 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Contract 1 period.startDate: 2026-10-26T00:00:00Z.
Contract end
99% confidence30 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Contract 1 period.endDate: 2026-10-30T23:59:59Z.
Planned contract duration
95% confidence5 calendar days
View supporting evidence
Published period runs from 26 to 30 October 2026 inclusive.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSectional dismantling and removal of 22 Lombardy poplars
View supporting evidence
Tender title and description state “Sectional dismantling and removal of 22 Lombardy poplars”.
Site
99% confidenceSt John's Cemetery, McIntyre Road, Worcester WR2 5LH, adjacent to the railway line
View supporting evidence
Tender description identifies the site and railway adjacency.
Included activities
99% confidenceRemoval of chip and timber
View supporting evidence
Tender description states that removal of chip and timber is included.
Service classification
99% confidenceTree-cutting services (CPV 77211400)
View supporting evidence
Award item additional classification: CPV 77211400, “Tree-cutting services”.
Delivery region
93% confidenceUKG12
View supporting evidence
Award item delivery address region is UKG12.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
View supporting evidence
Tender procurementMethod is “limited”.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - limited competition
View supporting evidence
Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - limited competition”.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
View supporting evidence
Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
Competition information
98% confidenceNumber of invited suppliers and bids not supplied in the published notice
View supporting evidence
No invitation, bid-count, tenderer or evaluation-count data is present in the supplied notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract title
99% confidenceTree Removal Works: 22 Lombardy Poplars at St John's Cemetery, Worcester
View supporting evidence
Contract 1 title.
Contract period
99% confidence26 to 30 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Contract 1 period startDate and endDate.
Extension or renewal terms
98% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
View supporting evidence
No extension, option or renewal fields are present in the supplied contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial profile
94% confidenceShort, site-specific arboricultural works contract
View supporting evidence
The stated scope is removal of 22 named trees at a specified cemetery, with a five-calendar-day published contract period.
Published pricing basis
99% confidenceBoth net and gross contract values are published
View supporting evidence
Contract value records amount £29,745 and amountGross £35,694 in GBP.
Award rationale
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
View supporting evidence
No evaluation scores, award criteria results, bid prices or narrative rationale are present in the supplied data.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
View supporting evidence
Supplier identity workflow completed using company number 09323014; verified company name matches the source supplier name.
Award date
99% confidenceNot supplied
View supporting evidence
Award 1 has no award_date in the supplied award record.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 is identified but has no published title, description or separate value
View supporting evidence
Lot 1 is marked complete; title, description and value fields are null.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
View supporting evidence
No bid count, invited-supplier count, criteria, scores or evaluation narrative is included in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The award date is not supplied in the published award record.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description, individual value or value basis.
- Information on invited suppliers, received bids, evaluation criteria, scores and award rationale is not supplied in the published notice.
- No extension, option, renewal or follow-on procurement terms are supplied.
- No pricing breakdown beyond the published net and gross contract totals is supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Worcester City CouncilACER TREE SERVICES (HEREFORD) LIMITEDSt John's CemeteryLombardy poplarstree removaltree-cutting servicesWorcester procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the St John's Cemetery tree removal contract?
ACER TREE SERVICES (HEREFORD) LIMITED, company number 09323014, is the verified supplier named for award 1.
What is the value of the contract?
The published contract value is £29,745 excluding VAT and £35,694 including VAT.
When is the work scheduled?
The published contract period runs from 26 October 2026 to 30 October 2026.
What work is included?
The requirement covers sectional dismantling and removal of 22 Lombardy poplars at St John's Cemetery, including removal of chip and timber.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.