Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has established a Framework Agreement to external service providers for the provision of Responsive Chainsaw Operations, Arboriculture Work and Dangerous Tree Surveys.
This framework shall cover chainsaw services, arboriculture services and tree surveying. This includes tree felling, road line felling, clearing wind blow, tree surgery and other related services. It will also include the facility for clearing up sites following chainsaw operations, such as small machinery extraction via tractor mounted winch or mini forwarder.
This Framework is split into two different requirements: Lots 1-18 cover Responsive Chainsaw Operations and Lots 19-36 cover Arboriculture Work and Dangerous Tree Surveys.
The Framework term is four (4) years with no option to extend.
Lot 1 - North Highland (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 10 - Lochaber (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 11 - Cowal (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 12 - Trossachs (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 13 - Scottish Lowlands (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 14 - South Region - East (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 15 - South Region - Central (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 16 - Galloway (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 17 - Ayrshire (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 18 - Arran (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 19 - North Highland (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 2 - Inverness, Ross and Skye (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 20 - Inverness, Ross and Skye (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 21 - Moray (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 22 - Aberdeenshire (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 23 - Tay (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 24 - Kintyre and Knapdale (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 26 - Loch Awe (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 26 - North Argyll (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 27 - Isle of Mull (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 28 - Lochaber (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 29 - Cowal (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 3 - Moray (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 30 - Trossachs (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 31 - Scottish Lowlands (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 32 - South Region - East (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 33 - South Region - Central (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 34 - Galloway (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 36 - Arran (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 35 - Ayrshire (Arboriculture Work & Dangerous Tree Surveys)
This lot shall include the following core arboriculture services:
Tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Tree surgery
Completion of crown reduction/side pruning/whole tree removal from within registered seed stand/orchard
Cross cutting into lengths
Use of hand winch
Rope access work
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Chipping of arisings
Disposal of arisings off-site
Stump grinding
MEWP
Powered pole pruning
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Halo thinning (no climbing)
This lot shall include the following dangerous tree survey formal inspections:
Roots – inspecting ground about the tree for signs of root damage, root lift, fungal fruiting bodies or indications of intrusive excavations or evidence of recent level changes.
Base – looking for indications of damage to buttresses and lower stem. Indications of decay and fungal fruiting bodies, girdling roots, loss of bark, cavities, or stress cracks.
Stem – indications of fibre buckling, bottle necking, swellings, cavities, wounds, fungal fruiting bodies, necrotic bark, progressive lean, appropriate crown stem ratio, compression forks or ribs.
Scaffold (first order) Limbs – hazard beams, hanging snapped limbs, decay, cavities, fungal fruiting bodies, compression forks, bulges, cankers, necrotic bark, spiral cracks, shear cracks and bombs or deadwood.
Second order Limbs - as per Scaffold limbs.
Foliage - chlorosis of leaves, symmetry of the crown, gaps in the canopy, dis-colouration of leaves and twigs, Fungal fruiting bodies, dieback, leaf size and shape.
Lot 4 - Aberdeenshire (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 5 - Tay (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 6 - Kintyre and Knapdale (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 7 - Loch Awe (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 8 - North Argyll (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives
Lot 9 - Isle of Mull (Responsive Chainsaw Operations)
This lot shall include the following core services:
Tree felling
Road line felling
Regen clearing
Diseased tree clearance
Road clearance
Oversized tree felling
Clearing wind blow
Clearance of hazardous trees
Minor harvesting support
Conversion of felled trees into marketable timber
Cross cutting into lengths
Sned out and leave arisings on the ground
Use of hand winch
Tractor/agricultural mounted powered winch or line skidding operations
Traffic management including stop/go boards, provision of a banksman, provision of traffic lights
Tree removal prior to, during, and after peatland restoration works – trees to be felled, delimbed, and material removed from within 5 metres of a watercourse.
Brashing
Use of towed chippers and self-propelled tracked/wheeled chippers with trained operatives