Published date: 9 August 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: 10 September 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Hire of industrial vehicles with driver - 60182000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£25,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

BIP615913108

Published date

9 August 2021

Closing date

10 September 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2021

Contract end date

31 October 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

You are invited to tender for the transportation of in-house fleet forestry vehicles around Thetford Forest and occasionally further afield
Thetford Forest has an in-house fleet of forestry vehicles currently including 2x harvester and 2x forwarders. These machines require regular transportation around Thetford Forest and occasionally further afield. This requires machinery of the correct specification to load and transport such heavy machinery.
This includes full rear steer low loaders up to 65 tonne pay load, Semi Low-Loaders up 45 tonne pay load which are required at short notice to transport Forestry England forest harvesting machinery to site.
This is required to meet the operational requirements of the district.
For full details of our needs, please read the separate specification document.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Christine Hunt

Address

620 Bristol Business Park
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1EJ
UK

Telephone

03000676156

Email

christine.hunt@forestryengland.uk