Hire of Small Plant and Tools

A Tender Notice
by MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Goods)
Duration
2 year
Value
£450K
Sector
ENVIRONMENT
Published
08 Jul 2025
Delivery
01 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2027
Deadline
04 Aug 2025 10:00

Concepts

Location

Greater Manchester:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

This framework is for the hire and maintenance of small plant items, both ICE (internal combustion engine) and battery/electric powered handheld items. These hires are a mixture of short-term hires (daily/weekly) hire periods and long-term hires, annual. The equipment supplied is used City wide to support our frontline services, Highways, Leisure, Grounds Maintenance and Bereavement, helping them to deliver their services. This Framework Agreement is split into two lots: • Lot 1 - Highways Handheld Plant Equipment • Lot 2 - Ground Maintenance Equipment

Lot Division

1 Highways Handheld Plant Equipment
  • Value: £250K

Successful Suppliers awarded to the framework will be required to provide the following Equipment: • 300mm Cut Off Saw (2 stroke engine) • 3KVA Generator (110v/230v petrol generator) • Cable Detector (33 Hertz Cable Locator) • 300mm Plate Compactor (4 stroke engine) • 350mm Plate Compactor (4 stroke engine) • Submersible pump (110v pump C/W lay flat hose) • 350mm Floor saw (4 stroke engine)
2 Ground Maintenance Equipment
  • Value: £200K

Successful Suppliers awarded to the framework will be required to provide the following Equipment: • Battery powered Strimmer, additional battery & charger • Battery powered Pole Pruner, additional battery & charger • Battery powered backpack blower, additional battery & charger • 21-inch self-propelled Mower (petrol engine) • Backpack Blower (petrol engine) • Handheld Blower (petrol engine) • Strimmer (full harness, petrol engine) • Double sided Hedge Trimmer (petrol engine) • Long Reach Hedge Trimmer (petrol engine) • Long Reach Pole Pruner (petrol engine) • Pedestrian Rotavator (5hp petrol engine)

Renewal Options

2 year extension period available

Award Criteria

Price For each lot the Supplier is tendering for, Suppliers total price will be compared to the tender with the lowest price to calculate the total price score as follows (excluding any tenders that are excluded or do not meet the Conditions of Participation or do not meet any minimum score thresholds for quality): (Lowest Price Tender / Supplier's Tender) * Price Weighting. For evaluation purposes, the cost for each item is calculated by combining the Day and Week rates in relation to the average hire period. For example, if the average hire period is 20 days: 20 / 7 (rounded down to a whole number) = 2 weeks 20 - 14 (Days in 2 weeks) = 6 days Cost for item = (2 * Weekly rate) + (6 * Day rate) Suppliers total Price is then calculated by summing together the costs for each item.
Quality Suppliers are required to provide a response to all the questions within the tender questionnaire Suppliers are required to provide a response to each lot they are tendering for. Suppliers that fail to do this will be excluded and their tenders will not be considered further
Social Value Suppliers must self-certify that they and their subcontractors pay the Real Living Wage and do not operate Zero Hour contracts. Suppliers that fail to do this will be excluded and their tenders will not be considered further. Suppliers are required to provide a response to all the questions within the tender questionnaire
Environment Suppliers are required to provide a response to all the questions within the tender questionnaire

CPV Codes

  • 16000000 - Agricultural machinery
  • 42600000 - Machine tools

Indicators

  • This is a recurring contract.
  • Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **

Reference

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