Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-02-16
Buyer: The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Country: UK
Region: Outer London - South
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 50870000 | 77211500 | 77231200 | 77310000 | 77313000
Estimated value: 51210000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-03-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames has a local and national reputation for quality and leadership in the delivery of excellent parks.
The Council is implementing a framework for the provision of services related to Parks and Open Spaces. Tenderers will be able to bid for a single or multiple lots.
Lot 1 covers the most visible and defining aspects of parks and includes operations required in the provision of horticulture, sport and other grounds maintenance services.
Lot 2 is concerned with the management of all trees. Highways, Parks and Open Spaces, Allotments, Woodlands, Conservation sites, Tow Paths and Islands and Closed Cemeteries.
Lot 3 is concerned with but not limited to; Survey, Spray, Removal and any other service or commodity the Authority deems appropriate for Oak Processionary Moth Control services.
Lot 4 is concerned with but not limited to the following activities: Repair and Maintenance, Routine Inspections, Operational inspections, Annual Inspections and any other service or commodity the Authority deems appropriate for this Lot.
Lot 5 is concerned with but not limited to, the following activities: Site Patrolling, education and enforcement, Liaison with friends groups, SNT and local police, daily gate locking/ unlocking services and any other service or commodity the Authority deems appropriate for this Lot.
Provision of professional advice to officers and Members on booking and staging events in Parks and on Highways, Planning, programming and producing events of all sizes and types, Chairing and running Event Safety Advisory Group, Review and implement events policy, Administer booking system and process event hires and permits, Advising on developing parks as venues and attracting new business to increase income, and any other service or commodity the Authority deems appropriate for this Lot.
Lot 7 is concerned with but not limited to the following activities: Supply, maintenance and watering of baskets, troughs and barrier boxes, and any other service or commodity the Authority deems appropriate for this Lot.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
The Council also wishes to enable other local authorities to benefit from this procurement and as such the Council is intending to set up a framework agreement through which other local authorities in the London area and in the South East region (Participating Authorities) may call off. The Council is acting as a central purchasing body through which the Participating Bodies may wish to procure substantially similar services to those included in the framework agreement. There is no obligation on the Participating Authorities to participate and the Council gives no guarantee or warranty as to the nature or volume of the services, if any, to be called off or the number of Participating Authorities taking part. However it is intended that the Participating Authorities should be able to rely on this procurement to purchase such services without the need for any further procurement process. The duration of the individual call off contracts will not necessarily be limited to the four year term but the term will be governed by the subject matter of the call off contract concerned. The material terms of the call off shall be the same as for the main contract subject to the right to make specific amendments in respect of an individual call off.

Eligibility requirements: As set out in the procurement documents.

Award value: 51210000