Official UK procurement notice
BCU-FTS-60259 - Pan-BCU Winter Gritting & Snow Clearance
Procurement agent: NHS Wales Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board·On behalf of: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified contractor to provide winter gritting and snow clearance. Please see the specification for further details in Bravo/eTenderWales.
The tender will be awarded to the most advantageous tender based on 60% quality and 40% cost as detailed in the ITT document. Please refer to the details of the competitive flexible process & the ITT for further details on individual deadlines. The procurement is being managed through eTenderWales/Bravo and can be accessed with the following link:etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
The project title will be BCU-FTS-60259 - Pan-BCU Winter Gritting & Snow Clearance.
You may use either the project code project_60259 or ITT code itt_119736 to locate the opportunity.
Please direct all queries relating to this tender via the messaging function of the Bravo portal.
- No preliminary market engagement: No pre-market engagement undertaken.
CPV: Ice-clearing services · Snow-clearing services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£360,000 together) · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1CentralRenewalPublished value£120,000
Provision of winter gritting services for Central region of BCU (Conwy & Denbighshire)
- Economic & financial standing
See tender.
- Technical & professional ability
See tender.
Lot #2WestRenewalPublished value£120,000
Provision of winter gritting & snow clearance for the west region of BCU (Gwynedd & Anglesey)
- Economic & financial standing
See tender.
- Technical & professional ability
See tender.
Lot #3EastRenewalPublished value£120,000
Provision of winter gritting & snow clearance for East BCU region (Flintshire & Wrexham)
- Economic & financial standing
See tender.
- Technical & professional ability
See tender.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 40%
- Commercial: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Commercial
- Economic & financial standing
See tender.
- Technical & professional ability
See tender.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Sept 2025, 10:23 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2025, 10:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
BCU-FTS-60259- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053039- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0591dfFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
See tender.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
2 Sept 2025 → 1 Nov 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published2 Sept 2025, 10:23 BST
- Clarification questions by395 days ago22 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline389 days ago29 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by363 days ago24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts355 days ago1 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Sept 2025, 10:23 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Beneficiary authority
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Procuring entityManaging the procurement
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender