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Concepts

• specialist vehicles
• newcastle under lyme
• maintenance of a range of specialist vehicles
• vehicle purchase
• large tractor
• medium tractors
• x compact tractors
• front end loader

Location

Stoke-On-Trent: The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Description

Up to 1 x Large Tractor Up to 3 x Medium Tractors Up to 2 x Compact Tractors Up to 1 x Front End Loader

Total Quantity or Scope

The supply and maintenance of a range of specialist vehicles as follows: Up to 1 x Large Tractor Up to 3 x Medium Tractors Up to 2 x Compact Tractors Up to 1 x Front End Loader

Renewal Options

As described in the specification of vehicle requirements where applicable.

CPV Codes

• 34114000 - Specialist vehicles

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Commodity Background Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council operates its Ground Maintenance contracts in-house and is looking to re-new its tractor fleet. The vehicles will be used for a number of activities including, but not limited to, trail mowing, hedge cutting using various size flails, general towing duties, general loading duties, clearing of fly tipping, bowling green maintenance. The requirement for the following vehicles is to bring that operation back into the Council’s control the procurement requirement for the following vehicles will be undertaken utilising an open tender process. Up to 1 x Large Tractor Up to 3 x Medium Tractors Up to 2 x Compact Tractors Up to 1 x Front End Loader Each of the above vehicles must be fit for the purpose intended and comply with Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council specifications. In all cases, full technical specifications of the vehicle must be supplied, to supplement the specification information required in the attached excel spreadsheet. Any reference in the Specification, directly or indirectly, to proprietary equipment is indicative only of the Council’s requirements, and is not intended to exclude consideration of any alternative offering equivalent performance, functionality and quality. Where there are named systems or components, similar alternatives of the same or better quality will be considered; it is incumbent on the Tenderer to provide evidence of such equivalence. The vehicle and body must be so designed and manufactured so as to conform to current Road Traffic Acts, Construction and Use Regulations, the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations and subsequent amending regulations, current and proposed Health and Safety Regulations, EC machinery directives and CE regulations and any other applicable legislation, and be type approved. The successful contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that the complete vehicle (and all equipment) meets all relevant UK and EU regulations at the time of delivery, including Whole Vehicle Type Approval and high conspicuous markings, and is fit for use on delivery in accordance with the specification. The successful supplier must be able to evidence a proven track record of supplying a vehicle to the specification below in a current working environment. The tenderer must provide firm delivery dates with the submission and shall be responsible for 1st registration and 12 months road fund license and should include the cost of these within the tendered price. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=224267. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (MT Ref:224267)