Notice Information
Notice Title
Soft Market Test - Weed Treatment Services
Notice Description
Leicestershire County Council are currently preparing to issue further competitions for Weed Treatment Services, via a suitable DPS, split into Lot 1: Routine weed treatment - North Leicestershire, Lot 2: Routine weed treatment - South Leicestershire and Leicestershire High Speed Roads, Lot 3 - Targeted invasive and noxious weed treatment - Leicestershire, with the further competitions anticipated to commence on 20th October 2023. This is to replace the Weed Treatment Services_2021 (currently in place). The Council is looking to appoint suitably experienced contractor(s) to provide weed treatment services throughout Leicestershire, with areas of treatment to be within the highway, footways, and jitties, commencing with the 2024 season, and invite interested organisations to register an interest and to possibly discuss the requirements further. Please note that this is not a call for competition, and any information given above is not guaranteed within any subsequent procurement, only indicative of our potential requirements. Any future procurement will be subject to a separate advertisement.
Lot Information
Routine weed treatment - North Leicestershire
* Routine weed treatment of A, B, C, and unclassified roads, footways, and jitties in specified locations throughout North Leicestershire.
Renewal: Initial period of 36 months, plus 2 x 12-month optional extensions.
Routine weed treatment - South Leicestershire and Leicestershire High Speed Roads* Routine weed treatment of A, B, C, and unclassified roads, footways, and jitties in specified locations throughout South Leicestershire. * Routine weed treatment of high-speed roads in specified locations throughout North and South Leicestershire (Leicestershire County Council to provide traffic management and any associated permits required).
Renewal: Initial period of 36 months, plus 2 x 12-month optional extensions.
Targeted invasive and noxious weed treatment - Leicestershire* Targeted invasive and noxious weed treatment throughout Leicestershire.
Renewal: Initial period of 36 months, plus 2 x 12-month optional extensions.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03fc62
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027086-2023
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
77312100 - Weed-killing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £650,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £650,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Sep 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 19 Oct 2023Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mr Steven Davidson
- Contact Email
- steven.davidson@leics.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 0
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEICESTER
- Postcode
- LE3 8RA
- 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
- TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
-
- Local Authority
- Blaby
- Electoral Ward
- Glenfield Faire
- Westminster Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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