Winter Maintenance Services 2022/2023 (Barrow, Eden and South Lakeland Areas)

A Tender Notice
by CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
1 year
Value
£-£360K
Sector
ENVIRONMENT
Published
09 Sep 2022
Delivery
To 06 Oct 2023 (est.)
Deadline
11 Oct 2022 11:00

Concepts

Location

Cumbria:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to provide various Winter maintenance services within the Barrow, Eden and South Lakeland areas of the County of Cumbria to support out internal highways teams. The services are split into 4 lots as follows:

Lot Division

1 Winter Maintenance Tractor And Gritting Routes 2022/2023 (Barrow, Eden and South Lakeland Areas)

Cumbria County Council is seeking tenders from Contractors to provide Winter maintenance services on the following routes in the Barrow, South Lakeland and Eden areas as described in the specification. • Tractor Route 1 • Tractor Route 2 • Tractor Route 3 • Tractor Route 4 • Ulverston • Millness 5 • Penrith Route 1 • Penrith Route 2 • Penrith Route 3 Contractors can bid for any one or more of the routes. Where contractors bid for more than one route they may asked to provide evidence that they have the resources to deliver all the routes bid for.
2 Winter Maintenance Gritting Routes in South Cumbria 2022/2023

Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to carry out one or more specific gritting routes in South Lakeland and Barrow. The Services and the gritting routes are as described in the Specification. The Contractor will be responsible for providing the gritting services on the route(s) awarded as and when notified for the whole winter period (to 30th April 2023). Contractors can bid to supply the Services for any one or more of the routes. Only one supplier will be awarded a contract for each route. Not all of the routes may be awarded to external Contractors.
3 Winter Maintenance Gritter Driver Services 2022/2023 (Barrow, Eden and South Lakeland Areas)

Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to provide labour only services for gritter drivers and mate to carry out winter maintenance services from the following depots. Services are as described in the specification. • Barrow (Sowerby Wood Depot) • Alston Depot • Kirkby Stephen Depot • Skirsgill Depot • Millness Depot Contractors can bid to supply the Services from any one or more of the depots. More than one supplier may be awarded a contract for each depot.
4 Snow Clearance Services 2022/2023 (Barrow, Eden and South Lakeland Areas)

Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to provide call-off snow clearance services in the Allerdale, Carlisle and Copeland areas. Each area will form a lot under the framework as follows: • Lot A Barrow borough • Lot B Eden District • Lot C South Lakeland District Contractors can bid for any one or more of the districts. Multiple Contractors may be appointed to each Lot and services will be called off as and when required in response to extreme weather events and or resource constraints within the Council.

CPV Codes

  • 90620000 - Snow-clearing services
  • 60180000 - Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver

Indicators

  • This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
  • Renewals are not available.

Other Information

Lot 1 – Tractor and Gritter Routes in South Cumbria (Refer to Lot Documentation for further information) Lot 2 – Drivers for Gritting Routes in South Cumbria (Refer to Lot Documentation for further information) Lot 3 – Gritter Driver and Mate (Ad hoc) (Refer to Lot Documentation for further information) Lot 4 – Snow Clearance (Refer to Lot Documentation for further information) Contractors can bid for any one or more of the lots and routes as they wish. Where contractors bid for more than one route they may asked to provide evidence that they have the resources to deliver all the routes bid for. Please note that Cumbria is currently undergoing a Local Government Reorganisation. Government has announced that Cumbria County Council and the six district councils are to be replaced by two unitary authorities with effect from 01 April 2023. This Framework Agreement is for use by the Contracting Authorities identified in the contract notice and any successor council as defined in The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Transfer of Functions, Property, Rights and Liabilities) Regulations 2008 to those Contracting Authorities ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference (DN632390) in the box labelled 'contains' then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity. To express an interest you will need to login. If you are not already registered on the www.the-chest.org.uk you will need to return to the home page and click on Register. Register FREE link in the navigation area on the left of the screen. Registration is free of charge and your username and password will be emailed to you. Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the Authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity. The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right: (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. In no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. The contracting authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.

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