Winter Maintenance Services 2021-2022

A Tender Notice
by CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
1 year
Value
£450K
Sector
ENVIRONMENT
Published
17 Sep 2021
Delivery
To 13 Oct 2022 (est.)
Deadline
18 Oct 2021 11:00

Concepts

Location

Cumbria:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

This tender opportunity is available at https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to provide various Winter maintenance services within the County of Cumbria to support out internal highways teams. The services are split into 4 lots as follows: Lot 1 – Tractor and Gritter Routes in South Cumbria Lot 2 – Drivers for Gritting Routes in South Cumbria Lot 3 – Gritter Driver and Mate Lot 4 – Snow Clearance Please read the tender documents for further information. All clarifications MUST go via The Chest.

Lot Division

1 Tractor and Gritter Routes in South Cumbria
  • Value: £250K

Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to provide Winter maintenance services on the following routes in the South Lakeland and Barrow area described in the specification. • Tractor Route 1 • Tractor Route 2 • Tractor Route 3 • Tractor Route 4 • Ulverston • Millness 5 Contractors can bid for any one or more of the routes. Where contractors bid for more than one route they may asked to provide evidence that they have the resources to deliver all the routes bid for.
2 Drivers for Gritting Routes in South Cumbria
  • Value: £45K

Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to carry out one or more specific gritting routes in South Lakeland and Barrow. The Services and the gritting routes are as described in the Specification. The Contractor will be responsible for providing the gritting services on the route(s) awarded as and when notified for the whole winter period (to 30th April 2022). Contractors can bid to supply the Services for any one or more of the routes. Only one supplier will be awarded a contract for each route. Not all of the routes may be awarded to external Contractors.
3 Gritter Driver and Mate
  • Value: £80K

Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to provide labour only services for gritter drivers and mate to carry out winter maintenance services from the following depots. Services are as described in the specification. • Millness depot • Sowerby Woods depot • Skirsgill Depot • Brampton Depot • Alston Depot • Kirkby Stephen Depot • Lillyhall Depot Contractors can bid to supply the Services from any one or more of the depots. More than one supplier may be awarded a contract for each depot.
4 Snow Clearance
  • Value: £75K

Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to provide call-off snow clearance services for each of the districts in the County. Each district will form a lot under the framework as follows: • Lot 1 Allerdale borough • Lot 2 Barrow borough • Lot 3 Carlisle city • Lot 4 Copeland borough • Lot 5 Eden district • Lot 6 South Lakeland borough Contractors can bid for any one or more of the districts. Multiple Contractors may be appointed to each Lot and services will be called off as and when required in response to extreme weather events and or resource constraints within the Council.

CPV Codes

  • 90620000 - Snow-clearing services
  • 34143000 - Winter-maintenance vehicles
  • 34144440 - Gritter vehicles
  • 63712200 - Highway operation services

Indicators

  • This is a recurring contract.
  • Renewals are not available.

Other Information

For support to use the Chest, please contact Proactis Supplier Supprt https://www.the-chest.org.uk/SupplierSupport.html ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference (DN569585) in the box labelled 'contains' then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity. To express an interest you will need to login. If you are not already registered on the www.the-chest.org.uk you will need to return to the home page and click on Register. Register free link in the navigation area on the left of the screen. Registration is free of charge and your username and password will be emailed to you. Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity. The contracting authority expressly reserves the right: (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and In no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. The contracting authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement. The value provided in section II.1.5) is only an estimate.

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