Published date: 12 May 2016

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: 6 June 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Rock salt - 14410000

  • Winter-maintenance vehicles - 34143000

  • Road salt - 34927100

    • Winter-maintenance materials - 44113910

    • Snow-clearing services - 90620000

    • Ice-clearing services - 90630000

Location of contract

RG1 2LU

Value of contract

£750,000 to £1,500,000

Procurement reference

RBC 00000099

Published date

12 May 2016

Closing date

6 June 2016

Contract start date

1 October 2016

Contract end date

30 September 2019

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

Reading Borough Council is seeking an experienced Contractor to undertake its annual Winter Maintenance Programme on the public highway, excluding motorways and trunk roads, within the administrative boundary of the Council.

The contract will involve the provision of winter maintenance services, including precautionary and post salting on scheduled routes, along with spot salting, snow clearance and the installation and maintenance of salt bins.

The appointed contractor will be required to supply their own equipment, materials and facilities including gritting vehicles, snowploughs, supply of road salt and the provision of an appropriate base depot equipped for the storage and distribution of road salt materials.

This Contract will be for an initial 36 month period, with an option to extend by a further 36 months, subject to performance.

More information

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Additional text

The procurement exercise will be conducted in accordance with the information contained in the procurement documents. The contracting authority does not bind itself to enter into any contract as a result of the publication of this notice and will not, under any circumstances, have any liability for any costs any person responding to this notice incurs in any part of the tender process.

The services are to be procured under an open procedure and organisations interested in expressing an interest should download the procurement documents which are available on the Council's e-tendering system at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc (Project Reference No. RBC 00000099 refers), and complete as instructed.

The Portal is free of charge - to register please follow the supplier registration guidance which is available on the Portal. Contractors wishing to be considered for this tendering opportunity must complete the tender documents and return them electronically via the Council's e-tendering portal. The deadline for return of the tender is Monday 6th June 2016 at 12.00 hours.

Please note: you must register your interest via the Council's e-tendering portal if you intend to submit a tender. Interested parties must log onto the Council's e-tendering portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc, to express an interest and download the procurement documents. All communications regarding this procurement exercise will be conducted through the Council's e-tendering portal including requests for clarifications or general enquiries. The procurement documents will be available for download up until the closing time and date for tender submissions, it is the organisation's responsibility to ensure that they download the documents in ample time to ensure that they can be completed and returned electronically, along with supporting documents, prior to the closing time and date stipulated. Before completing the tender, potential providers/suppliers should ensure that the e-mail address that has been used to register their organisation will be checked regularly as the Council's e-tendering system will generate automatic notifications to this e-mail address when there are updates, changes or messages sent relating to the project. Potential bidders should also check that their organisation's details are correct and kept up to date.

Technical questions and assistance regarding the use and operation of the Portal should be addressed to the In-Tend Help Desk - e-mail: support@in-tend.co.uk, telephone number +44 8442728810.


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

James Clements

Address

Bridge Street
Reading
Berks
RG1 2LU
England

Telephone

0118 9374174

Email

james.clements@reading.gov.uk