Published date: 3 July 2024

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: 2 August 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Grounds maintenance services - 77314000

Location of contract

LU12BQ

Value of contract

£480,000

Procurement reference

LUTON001-DN731076-13010123

Published date

3 July 2024

Closing date

2 August 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

30 September 2024

Contract end date

1 September 2026

Contract type

Service 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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Please note for those suppliers seeing this opportunity on Contracts Finder or Find a Tender Service - To obtain access to the Tender Documents you must first obtain registration , for free, on Luton's preferred e commerce platform Proactis Due North - Procontract.due-north.com

AT1261 Luton Open Tender for Conservation Grass Cutting and Disposal Service

Luton is a large and growing town around 30 miles to the north of London. Luton Council is a unitary Council covering an area of approximately 16.74 square miles (43.35 km2) and the current population of Luton is estimated at 216,000.
The Council employs approximately 3,000 people based in a variety of locations such as offices, schools, nurseries, crematorium, parks pavilions, community centres, sports centres, day care, residential, police station, hospital, etc. These locations are located across the Borough.
Service Requirement:

The service is looking to award a contract, or contracts, to suitably qualified organisation(s) who have been successful in their bidding for the provision of conservation grass cutting and collection services, for specified Conservation Areas within the Borough of Luton.

You should note that some of the Conservation Areas are inaccessible to large machinery and are also covered by Stewardship Agreements and National Classification. Standards that require the protection of flora and fauna which must be taken into account when undertaking this operation. You will be required to recycle all arising's as a result of the cutting in a process which will need to be approved by the Council.
Please also note that the contract has a total of 35 individual contract areas, and we may award each site individually to different bidders or reserve the right not to award at all
The tender will consist of 1 LOT of multiple locations of work


About the buyer

Contact name

Christopher Newman

Address

George Street
George Street
Luton
LU12BQ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1582547058

Email

christopher.newman@luton.gov.uk

Website

http://www.luton.gov.uk