HBC 0623 The Provision of Grounds Maintenance and Cemetery Services

Concepts

• grounds maintenance
• provision of grounds maintenance and cemetery services
• grounds maintenance and cemetery services
• hertfordshire
• hertsmere borough council
• allum lane cemetery
• range of grounds maintenance tasks
• grounds maintenance tasks
• cemetery services
• maintenance of play areas

Location

Description

Hertsmere Borough Council is currently out to procurement for Grounds Maintenance and Cemetery Services The contract covers a range of grounds maintenance tasks across the whole borough, principally in parks, amenity areas and at Allum Lane Cemetery, where grave digging and related services are also included. The contract also covers some allotments, closed churchyards, war memorials and highway land. In addition to grounds maintenance tasks, the contract includes parks cleansing, locking and unlocking of some sites, managing bookings for football and management of splash parks. The inspection and maintenance of play areas, furniture and other items of parks infrastructure is a separate Lot of works which may be awarded to the same contractor or separately. The contract duration is for seven years with the option to extend for a further seven years. This procurement is an open process. Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to 'express an interest' and also 'opt in' which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system. Please allow sufficient time to make your return, as Tender submissions cannot be uploaded and submitted after this return deadline. Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via correspondence on the website, in accordance with the procurement documents, and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above. Tenderers should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, any Contract formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed. Tenderers should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their Tender, where appropriate. The use of Lots has been considered for this procurement, but have not been used, because it would not provide value for money.

CPV Codes

• 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
• 50870000 - Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment
• 77320000 - Sports fields maintenance services
• 77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming
• 45112410 - Grave-digging work
• 98341140 - Caretaker services
• 77313000 - Parks maintenance services
• 45112714 - Landscaping work for cemeteries
• 90511300 - Litter collection services
• 90910000 - Cleaning services
• 77310000 - Planting and maintenance services of green areas
• 90611000 - Street-cleaning services
• 77330000 - Floral-display services
• 92610000 - Sports facilities operation services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

Please note that the contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands. Please Note the TUPE Employee Liability Information for this procurement has been provided along with other documentation for this procurement. TUPE related information is personal data and must be protected in accordance with the requirements of Data Protection legislation and must also be kept confidential. Therefore, by accessing this Tender via Supply Hertfordshire and then the View Details button and accessing the documentation for this procurement, Tenderers agree to undertake to treat the information as confidential and commercially sensitive at all times and take all reasonable steps to prevent any inadvertent disclosure to any third party. To access this opportunity please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No Additional information on how to apply for this contract http://www.hertsmere.gov.uk