PS/25/145 - Rural Grass Cutting and Urban & Rural Herbicide Application including Litter Picking

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                    "description": "Bidders should provide 2 examples that demonstrate experience that is relevant to this procurement exercise: Grass Cutting and Rural and Urban Herbicide Application including Litter Picking. Examples should be from within the last 3 years and be of a similar scale, scope and size to this requirement. Bidders must provide contact details of referees for each experience example. Referees may be contacted to discuss the contract and the performance of the Service Provider. Any Service Provider who fails to have performed satisfactorily in the 2 experience examples may be excluded from the tender process. Bidders will be required to confirm they they have the following relevant qualifications: All Operatives are required to be trained to Pesticides PA1, PA6 (or equivalent) for hand held applications and PA2 (or equivalent) standard for quad bike / tractor applications. The Contractor should also hold a BASIS Certificate (or equivalent) for the main chemical store and for providing advice on chemical usage. Qualifications shall be held for the duration of the Contract and any extension thereof.",
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