Published date: 24 November 2017

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: 18 December 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Tropical wood - 03412000

  • Logs - 03418000

  • Timber - 03419000

    • Storage and retrieval services - 63121000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£150,000

Procurement reference

SOSBC001-DN310387-61245504

Published date

24 November 2017

Closing date

18 December 2017

Contract start date

22 January 2018

Contract end date

18 January 2019

Contract type

Supply 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?

Yes

Description

Southend Borough Council is carrying out this procurement exercise in the form of an Open Tender to purchase a £150,000 lot of 200mm x 50mm prepared (planed and machined) Keruing certified hardwood to be delivered in lengths of 5.20 metres of Grade Selects and Better.
The materials are to be stored in a secure warehouse provided by the timber supplier, clearly vested (allowing inspection by the Council) to indicate ownership by SBC. The provision of transport and the means to off load and load onto transport to be provided by the timber supplier and to be taken into account when calculating the amount of timber to be supplied. The maximum number of deliveries over the 12 months will be 8 (approx. every 6 weeks) from start of contract. The price must include the purchase, vesting, storage, loading and carriage, delivery and off-loading and placing by hand into the container according to industry packing standards. The procurement process will be conducted electronically via the Council's e-tender facility Procontract:
https://procurement.southend.gov.uk/southend/portal.nsf/index.htm You need to Express an Interest in this opportunity, then look at 'My Opportunities' where you will be able to find and view all the tender documents.

About the buyer

Address

Civic Centre
Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 6FY
England

Telephone

+44 1702215000

Email

procurementadvisors@southend.gov.uk

Website

http://www.southend.gov.uk/