Award

220_24 De-Icing Salt & Associated Products/Services

ESPO

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

21 May 2024 at 10:19

Tender

15 Mar 2024 at 12:16

Summary of the contracting process

The buying organization Espo has awarded a contract for the procurement of De-Icing Salt & Associated Products/Services worth £125,000,000. The contract covers the supply of various types of salt and de-icing products under a national framework. The procurement stage is now complete, with a contract period starting on 14th May 2024 and ending on 30th April 2028. The industry category for this procurement is Mining, basic metals and related products, with the main procurement category being goods.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses involved in salt supply, de-icing agents, and road salt to compete and secure contracts. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are particularly suitable to participate. The tender process was open, providing equal opportunities for businesses to engage in the competitive bidding process. Interested parties had until 15th April 2024 to submit their tenders, and the award was recently announced on 15th May 2024, marking the successful suppliers.

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Notice Title

220_24 De-Icing Salt & Associated Products/Services

Notice Description

Renewal of a national framework for the bulk supply of highway de-icing salt & associated products/services. The framework has a large national customer base and is intended to meet the requirements of local authorities, relevant highways organisations and other eligible customers. Lot 1 - Supply & delivery of bulk 6mm & 10mm brown salt Lot 2 - Supply & delivery of bulk 6mm white marine salt Lot 3 - Supply & delivery of pure dried vacuum (PDV) salt Lot 4A - Supply & delivery of brown & white bagged salt (various sizes) - National Direct Supply Lot 4B - Supply & delivery of brown & white bagged salt (various sizes) - ESPO Catalogue/Warehouse Supply Lot 5 - Other de-icing products ESPO shall monitor the financial stability of the awarded suppliers during the framework period by reference to credit rating agency reports. Where the credit rating/score on Creditsafe significantly differs (downwards) to that when the tenderer was first awarded to the framework, or goes below 30, this will indicate risk and will require investigation with their position on the framework being subject to consideration. Additional information: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal. ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself. Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders information only. An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-11b216da-5081-4611-8e2d-524a7a83e321
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/95f46b1b-893b-4ffc-8874-aa7ca1e3125e
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

14 - Mining, basic metals and related products

15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

24 - Chemical products

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation


CPV Codes

14000000 - Mining, basic metals and related products

15872400 - Salt

24951310 - De-icing agents

34927100 - Road salt

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£125,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£125,000,000 £100M-£1B
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 May 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
15 Apr 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
14 May 20241 years ago
Contract Period
13 May 2024 - 30 Apr 2028 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ESPO
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEICESTER
Postcode
LE19 1ES
Post Town
Leicester
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Blaby
Electoral Ward
Enderby
Westminster Constituency
South Leicestershire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
9
Supplier Names

BRINE SOLUTIONS

COMPASS MINERALS

ICL UK (SALES

IRISH SALT MINING AND EXPLORATION CO LIMITED (T/A SALT SALES

J.C. PEACOCK & CO LIMITED (T/A PEACOCK SALT

NGS GRITTING SERVICES

NWT SUPPLIES LIMITED (T/A ONLINE ROCK SALT

SAFECOTE

WINTER SERVICE SOLUTIONS

Further Information

Notice Documents

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