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The Agreement will cover the provision of reactive gritting services across all AW operational areas and associated postcodes in response to adverse winter weather conditions and operational incidents, including burst activity. Services include: * Reactive gritting and salting services. * Emergency response attendance during freezing conditions. * Treatment of operational sites, access routes, and customer impacted areas where required. * Provision of plant, vehicles, operatives and materials necessary to deliver the service. * Out-of-hours, weekend and emergency call-out capability. * Management reporting and service performance monitoring. * Compliance with AW operational processes, site safety requirements and RAMS. 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Suppliers that are shortlisted will be invited to submit a proposal in response to the invitation to tender (ITT). Tender submissions will be evaluated and clarification meetings conducted (virtually or in person). Affinity Water may negotiate with tenderers and/or request best and final offers The successful tenderer(s) will be awarded the agreement according to the percentage weightings and criteria set out in the ITT." }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "specialRegime": [ "utilities" ], "aboveThreshold": true, "submissionMethodDetails": "Selection questionnaire (SQ) documents will be issued after the registration closing date. Please note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically. All documents and communications will be managed through the Affinity Water etendering portal called 'In-tend'. 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