Published date: 28 May 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 28 June 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services - 77000000

  • Street-cleaning and sweeping services - 90610000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£25,000,000

Procurement reference

NSOMS001-DN411710-88061508

Published date

28 May 2019

Closing date

28 June 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

North Somerset Council is letting two separate contracts for its, Grounds and Tree Maintenance and Street Cleansing Operations.

The Grounds and Tree Maintenance Contract covers the maintenance of approximately 1,100 landscape areas. The contract includes grass cutting, hedge and shrub bed maintenance, conservation management, play area inspections, minor infrastructure repairs and maintenance and an arboricultural service. The contract is structured as a resource based contract.

The Street Cleansing Contract covers approximately 1,150 km of highways. Operations including street cleansing, beach cleansing, weed control and fly tipping operations. The contract structure is primarily Schedule of Works with some resource based provision.

The contracts will start on 1 April 2020 and will be for an initial term of 7 years with the option of an extension, or extensions, up to a further 7 years (14 years maximum term).
The current annual budget is £1.8 million which covers both contract areas. Of the £1.8m approximately 40% is attributable to those areas covered under the Grounds and Tree Maintenance Contract, and approximately 60% to those areas covered under the Street Cleansing Contract. All documents and the opportunity to bid for these contracts are available through the Supplying the South West portal- https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/


About the buyer

Contact name

Geoff Wall

Address

Town Hall
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1UJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1275884730

Email

geoff.wall@n-somerset.gov.uk

Website

https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/