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Published 7 Aug 2023, 18:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Streetscene Services (Grounds Maintenance and Street Cleaning)

Official notice

Authority: Woking Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesCompetitive dialogue
Published estimate£45,000,000exc. VAT6.7% above published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Sept 2023awarded 1 Nov 2024
Awarded to Continental Landscapes Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Woking Borough Council (the "Council") invites tenders from suitability qualified and experienced organisations for the provision of its streetscene services (grounds maintenance, street cleaning and allied services) contract (the "Contract").The Council is facing an affordability challenge in relation to all services, including this Contract. As such, the Council is setting an affordability envelope.

CPV: Grounds maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This Contract shall include the following Services: •Cleansing of streets and open…AwardedPublished value£45,000,000

This Contract shall include the following Services:

  • Cleansing of streets and open spaces
  • Removal of rubbish and fly tips, including the provision of a dedicated crew for fly-tip response;
  • Car parks cleansing;
  • Subway cleansing;
  • Markets cleansing;
  • Special events;
  • Removal of leaf and blossom fall;
  • Emptying of litter and on-street recycling bins;
  • Removal and storage of abandoned shopping trolleys;
  • Gum removal and street washing;
  • Removal and storage of dead animals;
  • Transfer and disposal of cleansing waste;
  • Out of hours emergency service;
  • Playground inspections;
  • Removal of flyposting;
  • Weed treatment;
  • Fast response cleansing;
  • Grounds Maintenance Cyclical works (Grass cutting, shrub & hard surface maintenance);
  • Parks and open spaces;
  • Sports pitches;
  • Landscaping;
  • Tree surgery/ Arboriculture works;
  • Support to emergencies including flooding and snow clearance. The Council are seeking innovative proposals to meet the affordability challenge whilst maintaining a good quality standard for residents.The procurement is undertaken pursuant to the competitive dialogue procedure. Economic operators will need to register on the portal in order to participate and the registration is free. All procurement documentation is available from, and all communication is to be conducted via the portal at In-Tend in-tendhost.co.uk/wokingboroughcouncil… ↗, to express interest economic operators must complete and return responses to the selection questionnaire (SQ) in accordance with the instructions set out in the procurement documentation.
Delivery: South East · Borough of Woking Surrey
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Competitive dialogue
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Aug 2023, 18:43 BST
Last source update
1 Nov 2024, 14:19 GMT
Authority reference
00000002-2023
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-035498
Classification (CPV)
Grounds maintenance services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ25)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03edbb Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The Council’s needs and requirements for the Contract are included in the procurement documentation. It should be noted that the Council is under significant financial pressure and is facing an affordability challenge for this contract. As such, this procurement process is seeking innovative proposals to aid the Council in lowering the contract price whilst seeking to maintain a good quality standard for residents.Following submissions of the completed SQs, the Council will apply the selection stage criteria. The Council intends to select up to five (5) economic operators to progress from SQ stage to invitation to participate in dialogue and invitation to submit detailed solutions. Following evaluation of detailed solutions, the Council will invite all the bidders to detailed dialogue sessions. Once the Council identifies the solution/solutions capable of meeting its needs, dialogue will be concluded, and bidders invited to submit a final tender before a preferred bidder is selected that represents the Most Economically Advantageous Tender.TUPE will apply.The Council reserves the right to abandon this procurement process at any stage following the publication of this Notice and/or not to award any contract in respect of this Notice. The Council further reserves the right to award only part of the opportunity described in this Contract Notice, and/or to omit any part of the Services at any stage and to require bidders to adjust their solutions accordingly.The estimated value at Sections II.1.5 and II.2.6 is for the entire maximum possible contract period of 16 years. In arriving at the estimated value, the Authority has considered without limitation current value of the services and the need to deliver significant savings through this procurement exercise. However, the estimated value does not take into account indexation of the contract price, which is set out in the Contract documentation. Applicants are solely responsible for costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and submission of the SQ. Under no circumstances will the Council or any of its advisors be liable for any costs or expenses borne by any applicant or such applicant's associated organisations or any of its advisors in this process whether the applicant is successful or otherwise.Applicants should note that the procurement documentation provide indicative information of the Council’s approach in the procurement process at this stage and are for general information only. The Council reserves the right to vary, amend and update any aspects of the procurement documentation and final details and versions will be confirmed to those applicants who are invited to participate in dialogue.Tenderers should ensure that email address used to register will be checked regularly.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
8 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Sept 2023 → 1 Nov 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    8 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    18 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    1 Nov 2024, 14:19 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Nov 2024, 14:19 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £48,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Nov 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Continental Landscapes Limited£48,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Woking Borough Council (WBC)

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Offices Gloucester Square , Woking, South East, GU21 6YLContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria