Requirement for Grass and Hedge Cutting Services in Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Council is seeking to identify and appoint a Contractor to provide a Rural Grass, Hedge and Grip cutting service.
United Kingdom-Leicester: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
2016/S 218-396907
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Croft Depot, Arbor Road, Croft
Leicester
LE9 3GE
United Kingdom
Contact person: Mrs Lauren Quinn
Telephone: +44 1163053866
E-mail: lauren.quinn@leics.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKF2
Internet address(es):Main address: http://www.leics.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.leics.gov.uk
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Leicestershire Rural Grass, Hedge and Grip Cutting 2017 – 2019.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
1.1 Leicestershire County Council (the Employer) is seeking to identify and appoint a Contractor to provide a Rural Grass, Hedge and Grip cutting service.
The service consists of the following elements:
— 3 x Planned rural grass cuts consisting of; 1 x Visibility Grass Cut Only, 2 x Single Swathe and Visibility Grass Cuts;
— Return visits for top-up to Full Width Grass Cut (Provisional);
— 1 x Planned Rural Hedge Cut;
— 1 x Planned Rural Grip Cut;
— The supply of: Tractor, Tractor Driver, Flail and Fuel for Engineer Instructed Day Works as required;
— Temporary Traffic Management.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
1.1 Leicestershire County Council (the Employer) is seeking to identify and appoint a Contractor to provide a Rural Grass, Hedge and Grip cutting service.
The service consists of the following elements:
— 3 x Planned rural grass cuts consisting of; 1 x Visibility Grass Cut Only, 2 x Single Swathe and Visibility Grass Cuts;
— Return visits for top-up to Full Width Grass Cut (Provisional);
— 1 x Planned Rural Hedge Cut;
— 1 x Planned Rural Grip Cut;
— The supply of; Tractor, Tractor Driver, Flail and Fuel for Engineer Instructed Day Works as required;
— Temporary Traffic Management.
The estimated total contract value is 425 000 GBP per annum. The proposed contract period is 2 years with potential extensions of a further 2 years in 1 year increments subject to performance. The Employer intends to appoint 1 Contractor(s) to provide the service.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
The proposed contract period is 2 years with potential extensions of a further 2 years in 1 year increments subject to performance. The Employer intends to appoint 1 Contractor(s) to provide the service.
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
Details to be provided in the invitation for tender.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
The scope of the service covered by this contract will require elements to be carried out in parallel. It would be unsuitable to therefore breakdown this contract in to Lots.
VI.4.1)Review body
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
United Kingdom
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Leicestershire County Council (LCC) will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants/Tenderers who are unsuccessful shall be informed by LCC as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant/tenderer was unsuccessful.
If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order for any document to be amended. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to review the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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