Published date: 13 December 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: 27 January 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons - 34120000

Location of contract

TW9 3AE

Value of contract

£770,000

Procurement reference

tender_227723/822457

Published date

13 December 2019

Closing date

27 January 2020

Contract start date

17 February 2020

Contract end date

16 February 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Purchase of 2 vehicles and carriages suitable to be run as a land train to deliver tours around the gardens.

The Kew Explorer is a land train service that has been running tours around the Kew Gardens site for over 10 years. As well as delivering an information tour that showcases the horticultural, scientific and heritage highlights around the garden it also provides a valuable "hop on hop off" service to those visitors who would otherwise struggle to walk around the 320acre site. Outside of the public tours there is also a significant need for tours to wedding parties and corporate partners.


More information

Additional text

Suppliers can access the Tender documents via the BRAVO eProcurement Portal:
https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk

Titel: RBGKEW/800 Purchase of 2 new Land Trains
Project ref: 28407
Ref itt: 6621

Suppliers will be required to register with BRAVO if not already registered


About the buyer

Address

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Rchmond, Surrey
TW9 3AE
England

Email

procurement@kew.org