Decision details

This is required to support the purchase of new items of plant for the street scene service area which will form the Capital Programme.
- Stump Grinder
- Chipper
- Lawn Edging Machine x 4
- Heavy Duty Stand on commercial mower x 8
The purchase of these items is to replace existing items of plant that are now at the end of their useful life.
The purchase of the 8 stand on mowers will replace 12 traditional ride on mowers allowing further efficiencies to be achieved through having a greater cutting width and will allow access to areas that have a restricted entrance width.
The procurement of these items will be carried out through a mini competition through an existing Frame work or via Pro contract as an open tender and will be funded from reserves accumulated from the sale of plant already disposed of (EV002). The procurement of these items will be approximately £117,800.
These items are outside of the scope of the fleet replacement programme and will be ‘self owned’ by the service area.

To procure additional items of plant to form the capital programme.
- Stump Grinder
- Chipper
- Lawn Edger pro x 4
- Stand on Mower x 8

Option 1 -
Order the plant now to support effective and efficient service delivery of the street scene.
Option 2 -
Do nothing - this would have significant impact on the service delivery.
Option 3 - Hire in plant at additional cost to the authority.
Recommendation
To progress option 1, This will provide user departments with much needed new and more suitable equipment for the tree team