Award

Tender for de-icing/gritting and outdoor maintenance services

BELFAST CITY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

17 Nov 2022 at 16:54

Tender

28 Jul 2022 at 15:06

Summary of the contracting process

The Belfast City Council has awarded a tender for de-icing/gritting and outdoor maintenance services. The procurement stage is complete, and the total contract value is approximately £1.25 million over five years. The successful tenderer is Patterson Outdoor Cleaning Solutions Ltd. The contract is for services, with evaluation criteria including quality, cost, and social value. The contract shall be effective from the date of the award for an initial two-year period, with potential extensions up to three years.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses in the ice-clearing services industry to compete for contracts with Belfast City Council. Companies providing de-icing, gritting, snow clearance, and outdoor maintenance services are well-suited to participate. The contract involves a mix of fixed services and potential additional requirements that may arise during the contract period. Businesses with experience in providing flexible and responsive outdoor maintenance solutions can benefit from this opportunity for growth.

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Notice Title

Tender for de-icing/gritting and outdoor maintenance services

Notice Description

Belfast City Council ("the Council") has awarded a tender for de-icing/gritting and outdoor maintenance services

Lot Information

Lot 1

This Contract is for the provision of de-icing/ gritting services, snow clearance and other outdoor maintenance services across a number of Council locations. Additional information: The total contract value indicated of PS1.25m is the original estimate over a five year contract period and includes potential contract options. The successful tenderer price indicated later in this notice is a two year price used for evaluation purposes.

Options: The Contract shall be effective from the date of award of Contract for an Initial period of two years. The Council reserves the right to extend/renew the contract up to a further 3 years. The Council reserves the right to add the following additional requirements to the Service under this Contract during the Contract Period: - Other outdoor maintenance services to support the Council's in house operations teams (e.g. grounds/ landscape maintenance, roof and guttering cleaning, moss/weed control, site surveys, specialist powerwashing/ cleaning, event related clean up etc) provided the Contractor has the capacity, capability and suitably experience to provide the additional services at the time of being required. Additional Premises not listed in Annexe 1/ Pricing Schedule. This may be in response to additional Premises being identified and/or changes in how the Council's in house operations are resourced and delivered. Temporary support for the Council's in house operations to cover any shortfall in available resources. Introduce required changes associated with the Service to the Specification to accommodate changes to the Council's operational model and working practices e.g. functional re-structuring, new customer hub, etc; Major incident/ environmental incident that requires outdoor cleaning/ maintenance e.g. flooding incident. Large scale projects or changes may be subject to price negotiation based on economies of scale. The Council reserves the right to explore/ use other procurement options in all circumstances where VFM is not demonstrated. The Council reserves the right to add or remove Premises from the Contract in line with the Council's requirements. Where the Council identifies an additional Premises to be added the Contractor will expected to price based similar Premises/ tasks priced in the Pricing Schedule. Any contract variation may be subject to further Council internal approvals and be in accordance with the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations. The value in this contract notice includes for the potential of additional services to be added over the 5 year contract period.

Renewal: Initial contract period of 2 years/ 24 months. The Council reserves the right to extend/renew the contract up to a further 36 months/ 3 years.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-035714
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032690-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

90000000 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90610000 - Street-cleaning and sweeping services

90620000 - Snow-clearing services

90630000 - Ice-clearing services

90640000 - Gully cleaning and emptying services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,250,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,250,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£179,373 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Nov 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
31 Aug 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Nov 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BELFAST CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
cps@belfastcity.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT2 8DJ
Post Town
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN06 Belfast

Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PATTERSON OUTDOOR CLEANING SOLUTIONS

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