Invitation to Tender for planting native trees and hedging (Tender B)- Mend the Gap Goring-on-Thames, Whitchurch-on-Thames and Lower Basildon
- Closing date: 12 October 2025
Description
Six landowners in the Mend the Gap project area require hedgerow and tree planting on six sites covered by this Invitation to Tender.
The Contract is to supply and plant mixed native hedgerow, hedgerow trees and in-field trees with guards or shelters and canes/stakes. Works will also include ground preparations including mowing, strimming and mulching.
The successful contractor is also to be employed to attend the site one year later for maintenance which shall be to straighten up hedging and to replace failed plants and broken guards and canes/stakes.
The contractor will liaise with FWAG South East Advisers who have produced this specification and will oversee work.
| Site | Location | Works |
| Site 1 | Lower Basildon | Plant 250 m native hedging, including 6 hedgerow trees.
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| Site 2 | Whitchurch-On-Thames | Supply only: 5 individual standard parkland trees, 2 trees for addition to existing hedge, with suitable stakes, guards and mulch. |
| Site 3 | Goring-on-Thames | Plant 288 m native hedging, including 5 hedgerow trees. Install 232m of post and wire fencing. |
| Site 4 | Goring-on-Thames | Plant 142m hedgerow planting with horse-proof fence and a gate. |
| Site 5 | Goring-on-Thames | Remove 2 failed Beech trees and relocate metal tree guards. |
| Site 6 | Goring-on-Thames | Plant 5 individual standard trees, with protection from livestock. Plant 30 tree whips. Install 415m of stock fence to enclose scrub plots. Plant 20m of hedge whips to gap fill existing hedges. |
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How to apply
You are encouraged to discuss the tender or view the sites or photographs of the sites by contacting Belinda Bown, FWAG South East, on her mobile 07388 203332 or email belinda.bown@fwagsoutheast.co.uk .
Any enquiries relating to the tender should be discussed by 5pm on Friday 10th October 2025.
Tenders should be submitted by 5pm on Sunday 12th October 2025. Please email your Tender Response to Ruth Staples-Rolfe at rstaplesrolfe@chilterns.org.uk . Format may be email, document or letter