Verge Maintenance in Westmorland and Furness

Concepts

• verge maintenance
• kendal
• highway verge maintenance works
• most verges
• verge
• furness area
• the roadside verges
• furness council
• furness
• a verge maintenance strategy

Location

Description

Westmorland and Furness Council requires Suppliers to provide an efficient and effective verge maintenance service to permit safe movement of traffic throughout the County and protect the integrity of the road network and ecology of the roadside environment. The Council operates a verge maintenance strategy designed to preserve / enhance the biodiversity of the roadside verges within the County. This entails routine cutting of a single swathe on most verges annually, and full width cutting on a two or four-year cycle depending on the category of verge. Westmorland and Furness Council requires up to two suppliers to deliver highway verge maintenance works. There will be two contracts that will cover two areas: • Lot 1 - Eden area • Lot 2 - South Lakeland and Barrow in Furness area The contracts are for 2 years plus 2 x 12 months.

CPV Codes

• 45233229 - Verge maintenance work

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

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 (DN706807) 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.