Published date: 15 April 2021

Last edited date: 21 April 2021

This notice was replaced on 16 June 2021

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 16 June 2021)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

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

  • Agricultural services - 77100000

  • Forestry services - 77200000

    • Horticultural services - 77300000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£160,000

Procurement reference

BASTOKE001-DN538462-55585681

Published date

15 April 2021

Closing date

14 May 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2021

Contract end date

30 April 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (The Council) currently have responsibility for treatment and control of weeds on Hampshire County Council (HCC) owned footpaths and pavements. These areas are all 'hard surfaces'. The Council also have their own areas for which they are responsible for weed control. These are mainly 'soft landscaped areas' but does include some amount of 'hard surfaces'.
The Council is seeking to appoint a suitable contractor to provide weed control services in accordance with the full specification included in this tender document. This contract is for two years plus a further optional year.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF WEED CONTROL SERVICES

  • Opportunity
  • Published 15 April 2021

Links

Additional text

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (The Council) currently have responsibility for treatment and control of weeds on Hampshire County Council (HCC) owned footpaths and pavements. These areas are all 'hard surfaces'. The Council also have their own areas for which they are responsible for weed control. These are mainly 'soft landscaped areas' but does include some amount of 'hard surfaces'. The Council is seeking to appoint a suitable contractor to provide weed control services in accordance with the full specification included in this tender document.
This contract is for two years plus a further optional year.

The Council has proposed the following timetable for this Tender process:
Dispatch of ITT: Thursday 15th April 2021
Questions & Answers: Thurs 15th April - Mon 10th May 2021
Return of Tender: 12.00.00 Friday 14th May 2021
Evaluation of Tender: Friday 28th May 2021
Notification of Contract Award to Tenderers: Tues 3rd June 2021
Contract commencement meeting: TBA

The Council reserves the right to change the above timetable and Tenderers will be notified accordingly where there is a change in the timetable.

The Council is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with Tenderers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to Tenderers and all communications with the Council, including the submission of Tenderers' Responses, will be conducted via the ProContract system, which can be accessed using the following link:
http://sebp.due-north.com

If you need any further assistance or have any queries about using the ProContract system please contact the PROACTIS support team; contact details are as follows:

Email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com OR log a support call directly using the following link: http://proactis.kayako.com/procontractv3/Core/Default/Index quoting project DN538462
Please note expressions of interest must be registered before 11.00a.m on Monday 10th May 2021. Completed tenders and supporting information should be returned no later than 12:00:00 on Friday 14th May 2021.

About the buyer

Contact name

Mr Procurement Team

Address

Civic Offices
London Road
Basingstoke
RG21 4AH
England

Telephone

+44 1256844844

Email

procurement@basingstoke.gov.uk

Website

http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk