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title: "Tender for de-icing/gritting and outdoor maintenance services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-035714"
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# Tender for de-icing/gritting and outdoor maintenance services

Buyer: BELFAST CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-035714

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032690-2022 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Nov 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Aug 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Nov 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,250,000 |
| Lots value | £1,250,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £179,373 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BELFAST CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | BELFAST |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT2 8DJ |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast |
| Local authority | Belfast |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Belfast South and Mid Down |
| Delivery location | TLN06 Belfast |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PATTERSON OUTDOOR CLEANING SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### 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

## Release History

- 17 Nov 2022 at 16:54 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032690-2022
- 28 Jul 2022 at 15:06 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020678-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk
- http://www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk

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