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
Industry
Postal services related to letters - 64112000
Postal services related to parcels - 64113000
Courier services - 64120000
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
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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
Katharine.Murdock@essex.gov.uk
Website
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