Published date: 18 October 2021

Last edited date: 20 October 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.


Closing: 19 November 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Weed-clearance services - 77312000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£230,000

Procurement reference

RBG001-DN572032-95406443

Published date

18 October 2021

Closing date

19 November 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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

Royal Borough Greenwich is seeking to commission a company which has the resources and expertise to provide a weed spraying service throughout the months of April - October for the period of this Contract (April 2022 - March 2025).

Royal Borough Greenwich aims to maintain the high quality of the environment throughout the whole borough. The cleanliness of our highways and estates is imperative to maintain the high standards we seek for those living and working in the borough, as well as visiting and travelling through the borough. To be able to maintain a consistent level of high standards, Streets Services sweep approximately 1550 (one thousand five hundred and fifty) linear kilometers of highway residential and town centre roads and a further 7 (seven) linear kilometers of River Pathway. This operation includes the removal of all weeds from these areas.

The work to be carried out refers to the total control of all vegetation growing in the hard surface area within the affected property identified by the Borough, which includes the following:

• The whole width of the footway to the kerb including to the rear of footways abutting brick, stone or other types of wall and the first 300mm of carriageway at the bottom of the kerb;
• hard areas of traffic islands, central reservations of carriageways, roundabouts (including kerbs) 300mm width of carriageway adjacent to the kerb, but excluding the remainder of the carriageways;
• hedge lines and garden boundaries;
• around the bases of street furniture;
• pedestrian precincts;
• footpaths / alleys / walkways / stepped areas that are part of the public highway/ public rights of way that are paved;
• service roads;
• grass verge edging.

The Contract period will to be for 3 years.
The terms and conditions of contract that have been published alongside this notice in the Invitation to tender (ITT) pack are subject to change. The evaluation criteria will
be based on the Most economically advantageous tender (MEAT).

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

SPS2409 - Services for the Provision of Weed Control

  • Opportunity
  • Published 18 October 2021, last edited 19 October 2021

Additional text

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement
documents.
This procurement will be managed electronically via the RBG Proactis Procontract
etendering
suite. To participate in the procurement, participants shall first be registered on
the e-tendering suite. If bidders have not yet registered on the e-tendering suite, this can be
done online at https://royalgreenwich.proactishosting.com/ by following the link
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About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Clark

Address

3rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre
35 Wellington Street, Woolwich
London
SE18 6HQ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 2089214334

Email

andrew.clark@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Website

http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/