Published date: 6 December 2023

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: 8 January 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business analysis consultancy services - 72221000

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

BIP828252288

Published date

6 December 2023

Closing date

8 January 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

29 January 2024

Contract end date

29 March 2024

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?

Yes

Description

East Staffordshire Borough Council is seeking quotations from suitably qualified Applicants to quote for the undertaking of a feasibility study to explore the opportunities for an alternative delivery mechanism for the Council's outsourced Grounds Maintenance Services, including through an in-house service.

The Council wishes to procure an Options Appraisal from a suitably qualified organisation, in order to inform and shape the future delivery of its Grounds Maintenance Services within the Borough.

The primary requirement is for the successful consultant to identify and evaluate a range of 'in house' delivery options* including;

•Bringing the service directly 'in house' so that it is managed by the Council and Council officers directly; or
•Bringing the service 'in house' but with the service operated by a Council owned Management Company at 'arm's length'; or
•Bringing the service into local authority management but operated as a 'shared service' with a partner authority that is already operating the service directly.

*N.B. if there are any other insourced options, the Council would be willing to consider those.

Full information is included in the Request for Quotation documents

More information

Links

Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-GB-Burton-Upon-Trent:-Grounds-Maintenance-Service-Delivery-Model-Options-Appraisal/Q7226H6W2C

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/Q7226H6W2C

About the buyer

Contact name

James Abbott

Address

Town Hall
Burton Upon Trent
DE14 2EB
UK

Telephone

01283508244

Email

procurement@eaststaffsbc.gov.uk