- 20+
- Years in government procurement
- 80%+
- Shortlisting or preferred provider rate*
- Fixed fee
- 50% deposit, no discounting, ever
*Defined as shortlisting or preferred provider nomination, the point where our direct influence on the outcome ends.
Tree services tenders get marked down on the risk plan, not the price
Councils and network operators scrutinise your climbing and rigging method statements, traffic management plans and incident history before they look at your schedule of rates. A response that reads well but can't show how you'd manage a live TMP near a school zone, or how you'd respond to a biosecurity notification, loses marks before the price is even opened.
Most tree services businesses answer the equipment and qualifications questions well and still lose marks. The response reads fine. The risk assessment behind it doesn't hold up when a panel checks it against the actual reserve, verge or corridor named in the specification.
A specialist builds the risk plan and biosecurity response around the actual site conditions and species involved, not a generic arboriculture template. A generalist writer can only give the document a coat of paint.
Evaluators aren't testing whether you can climb a tree
They're testing whether your risk assessment, your traffic management and your biosecurity response would survive an incident on their reserve, not in a training video.
That's the gap between a shortlist and a mark-down before the price is even opened.
We know what a buyer is looking for, because we've been one
Evaluation experience, not theory
Sue Findlay scored government contracts as a procurement officer years before she wrote a single tree services response. She still reads every submission the way a panel does: risk plan first, equipment list second.
Risk plans that survive the site check
We build your traffic management and climbing risk assessment around the actual reserve, verge or corridor named in the specification, not a generic arboriculture template. If it can't be traced against the site, it doesn't go in.
Live inside procurement, not a manual
Our sister company, Procurement Associates, keeps us inside live government procurement processes year-round, so a new biosecurity notification requirement or WHS circular in tree services isn't theory to us.
Biosecurity evidence evaluators actually check
From notifiable-pest panels to routine street-tree contracts, we know where a biosecurity response gets tested against real inspection records, and where a generic one falls apart under questioning.
How we build a tree services response
Every tree services tender goes through the same four-step build, whether it's a single reserve or a shire-wide panel.
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Site and species
The tree stock, access constraints and any notifiable pests on site, before anything gets scheduled.
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Risk plan
A traffic management and climbing risk assessment a panel can trace against the actual reserve or corridor, not a template with your logo on it.
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Write
The safety, biosecurity and capability response built around that risk plan, not the other way round.
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Verify
One final pass against the selection criteria before anything goes out the door.
What you get
A risk plan that survives being traced against the actual reserve or corridor
A tree services capability library, built once and redeployed every tender
Biosecurity and safety evidence filed where panels actually look for it
A pre-submission check run with the same eye a buyer would use
What if we don't win the tender?
The fee isn't a wager on a single result. You come away with a fully built tree services tender exemplar and a library of reusable material (risk plans, biosecurity documentation, method statements) ready for the next one.
You also see, first-hand, how a government-ready tree services response actually gets built, instead of learning it the hard way over a few losses.
Win or lose this one, your business is better equipped for the next tender than it was before you started.
Ready to talk about your next tree services tender?
Tell us about the tender that's coming up, or send through the documents. We'll give you a straight answer on whether it's a fit. Quotes are provided on request.