Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-08-17
Buyer: Cumbria County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34143000: Winter-maintenance vehicles
Estimated value: 255000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-09-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Cumbria County Council requires contractors to provide Winter maintenance services on the following routes in the South Lakeland and Barrow area described in the specification.
Contractors can bid for any one or more of the routes. Where contractors bid for more than one route they may asked to provide evidence that they have the resources to deliver all the routes bid for.
Individual contracts will be awarded for each route. Details of current expenditure are given in good faith and are indicative only and the Council does not guarantee any spend against any of these contracts.
Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to provide Winter maintenance services on the following routes in the South Lakeland and Barrow area described in the specification.
Contractors can bid for any one or more of the routes. Where contractors bid for more than one route they may asked to provide evidence that they have the resources to deliver all the routes bid for.
Individual contracts will be awarded for each route. Details of current expenditure are given in good faith and are indicative only and the Council does not guarantee any spend against any of these contracts.
Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference (DN492730) in the box labelled 'contains' then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity. To express an interest you will need to login. If you are not already registered on the www.the-chest.org.uk you will need to return to the home page and click on Register. Register free link in the navigation area on the left of the screen. Registration is free of charge and your username and password will be emailed to you.
Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity.
(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and
(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and
In no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. The contracting authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.


Award value: 255000