Published date: 8 July 2024

This notice was replaced on 30 August 2024

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Awarded contract (published 30 August 2024)

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Contract summary

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Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£65,000

Procurement reference

ECC001-DN730877-33610628

Published date

8 July 2024

Closing date

26 July 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 September 2024

Contract end date

1 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Essex County Council (ECC) is seeking to procure Services for the Delivery of Promotional Materials for a Food Waste Recycling Initiative.

The successful contractor will be required to make arrangements for the receipt and temporary storage of promotional materials.

The contractor will be required to deliver a flyer to target households within the Waste Collection Authority (WCA) areas covered by Colchester City Council, Brentwood Borough Council and Castlepoint Borough Council in Autumn 2024. The contractor will be required to repeat delivery approximately three (3) weeks afterwards to the same households with a further leaflet and roll of compostable food waste caddy liners.

The contractor will be required to regularly report on progress of deliveries and arrange delivery of unused stock at the end of the initiative back to ECC.

The contract duration total is expected to be a total of six (6) months including preparation, planning, delivery and reporting.


More information

Additional text

Further guidance relating to registering for the ProContract e-sourcing portal and completing certain aspects of this tender can be found here: https://essexcc.pagetiger.com/bbwlqcm. All other documents are available to access via the ProContract document library.


About the buyer

Contact name

Katharine Murdock

Address

County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
United Kingdom

Email

Katharine.Murdock@essex.gov.uk

Website

https://www.essex.gov.uk/