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title: "220_24 De-Icing Salt & Associated Products/Services"
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# 220_24 De-Icing Salt & Associated Products/Services

Buyer: ESPO  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-11b216da-5081-4611-8e2d-524a7a83e321

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/95f46b1b-893b-4ffc-8874-aa7ca1e3125e |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 May 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 15 Apr 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 May 2024 |
| Contract period | 13 May 2024 - 30 Apr 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £125,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £125,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ESPO |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE19 1ES |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Blaby |
| Electoral ward | Enderby |
| Westminster constituency | South Leicestershire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| 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 |

## CPV Codes

### 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

### Codes

- 14000000 - Mining, basic metals and related products
- 15872400 - Salt
- 24951310 - De-icing agents
- 34927100 - Road salt

## Release History

- 21 May 2024 at 10:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/95f46b1b-893b-4ffc-8874-aa7ca1e3125e
- 15 Mar 2024 at 12:16 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/581ef65d-bb1e-43d1-87ab-c998ecabaec9

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/95f46b1b-893b-4ffc-8874-aa7ca1e3125e
  21st May 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/581ef65d-bb1e-43d1-87ab-c998ecabaec9
  15th March 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
  (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity '220_24' (via "View Opportunities" from the 'EastMidsTenders' Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen, once an Expression of interest has been completed).
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015940-2024
  Find a Tender Contract award notice

## Notice URLs

- https://www.espo.org/
- https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/
- https://www.espo.org/legal

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