Tender

De-icing/gritting and outdoor maintenance services

  • Belfast City Council

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-020678

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-035714

Published 28 July 2022, 4:06pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Belfast City Council

9-21 Adelaide Street

Belfast

BT2 8DJ

Email

cps@belfastcity.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKN06 - Belfast

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.belfastcity.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

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

De-icing/gritting and outdoor maintenance services

Reference number

T2292

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 90630000 - Ice-clearing services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Tender for de-icing/gritting and outdoor maintenance services

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £1,250,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 90000000 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
  • 90610000 - Street-cleaning and sweeping services
  • 90620000 - Snow-clearing services
  • 90640000 - Gully cleaning and emptying services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN06 - Belfast
Main site or place of performance

Belfast

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The provision of de-icing/ gritting services, snow clearance and other outdoor maintenance services across a number of Council locations.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £1,250,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

60

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

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.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

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.

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.

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.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions

As set out in the ITT/ procurement documents.

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 set out in the ITT/ procurement documents.


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

31 August 2022

Local time

12:00pm

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: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

31 August 2022

Local time

12:05pm

Place

via eSourcing NI


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Royal Courts of Justice

Chichester Street

Belfast

BT1 3JY

Country

United Kingdom