Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
South Cambridgeshire District Council
South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne Business Park
Cambourne
CB23 6EA
Contact
John Brasier
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=1f250250-7bb9-ec11-8113-005056b64545
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=1f250250-7bb9-ec11-8113-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=1f250250-7bb9-ec11-8113-005056b64545
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
South Cambridgeshire District Council- Cambourne Business Park Grounds Maintenance Contract
Reference number
DN606952
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
In May 2021 SCDC purchased the Business Park, Great Cambourne, Cambourne, Cambridge CB23 6DP, where its Shire Hall main office is located. The site is between only 10 miles from Cambridge and 13 miles from St Neots. And can be found on google maps here: Google Maps.
Following the completion of the purchase, SCDC has gained responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of the green areas and grounds of the business park. The existing contract has been in place since 2019 and is shortly coming to an end. Therefore, SCDC needs to re-tender the contract and is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to carry out these grounds maintenance works throughout the year at the Business Park in Cambourne.
If you wish to bid for this contract, please register to our electronic online tendering portal at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=1f250250-7bb9-ec11-8113-005056b64545
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
Main site or place of performance
Cambourne Business Park
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The ground maintenance involves general labour activities of:
The grounds maintenance works include a variety of activities such as these general duties:
- Daily litter pick
- Watering grass and trees as required
- Clearing debris from all bodies of water, maintaining aquatics and keeping reeds in the lakes under control by hand weeding from a boat.
- Sweeping paths and car parks
- Daily checks to lake pumps and equipment - notify of any failure for action by others
- Routine grass cutting and edging including cutting neat circles around all trees in grass
- Selective weed control to all areas of grass
- Topping up bark mulch to all areas
- Checking newt fences
- Weeding shrubs beds by hand to avoid damaging perennials, lifting out compaction caused by pedestrians, application of fertilizers application of pesticides
- Minor pruning to keep sight lines and kerb lines clear
- Pruning all hedges
- Maintain woodland planting, weeding tubes by hand and the balance by applications of roundup. Checking and removing loose tube, maintaining visibility splays
- Depot works - there are no facilities on site for yard storage and waste disposal, so all materials, plant and equipment are removed off site each night.
- Depot works - disposal of waste. All waste, grass cuttings and pruning’s are re-cycled at our Wildmere Farm depot.
- Strimming banks surrounding future plots
- Pruning trees at low level to remove all suckers and epicormic growth
At times there will be additional labour needed to undertake as agreed and appropriate:
- Spraying car parks and hard surfaces with herbicide (3 to 6 times per annum);
- Ditto with algicide including breedon gravel areas
- Removal of dead material from car park joints with a pedestrian operated hard bristle sweeping machine and by hand hoeing, collect and remove arising
- Scarifying and bringing breedon gravel to a tilth, raking out and re-compacting
- Scarifying lawns including the marketing suite grass and fertilizer application
- Gritting and snow clearing (in lieu of beating up)
- Cutting areas of future plots with a 3m cut flail mower (4 times per annum)
- Formative pruning and removing spent herbaceous growth
- Pruning avenue trees at high level with Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
Price - Weighting: 40
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £1,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
option to extend for 2 further years
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
option to extend for 2 further years
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As per the tender documents
three.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
16 May 2022
Local time
1:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 1 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
16 May 2022
Local time
2:00pm
Place
Cambourne Offices
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 5 years time
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
South Cambridgeshire District Council
Cambourne Business Park
Cambourne
CB23 6EA
Telephone
+44 1954713378
Country
United Kingdom