Official UK procurement notice
Winter Maintenance Services 2021-2022
Authority: Cumbria County Council (Local council)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionContractors to provide the following services:-
Lot 1 – Tractor and gritter routes in the South
Lot 2 – Drivers for Gritting Routes in South Cumbria
Lot 3 – Gritter Driver and Mate (Ad hoc)
Lot 4 – Countywide snow clearance
- Recurrence: annually
CPV: Gritter vehicles · Highway operation services · Snow-clearing services · Winter-maintenance vehicles
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 7 bids on the busiest of 4 lots · 8 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published valueLot #1Tractor and Gritter Routes in South CumbriaAwardedPublished value£250,000
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.
- Tractor Route 1
- Tractor Route 2
- Tractor Route 3
- Tractor Route 4
- Ulverston
- Millness 5
Lot #2Drivers for Gritting Routes in South CumbriaAwardedPublished value£45,000
Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to carry out one or more specific gritting
routes in South Lakeland and Barrow.
Lot #3Gritter Driver and MateAwardedPublished value£80,000
Cumbria County Council requires Contractors to provide labour only services for gritter
drivers and mate to carry out winter maintenance services from the following depots.
- Millness depot
- Sowerby Woods depot
- Skirsgill Depot
- Brampton Depot
- Alston Depot
Lot #4Snow ClearanceAwardedPublished value£75,000
each of the districts in the County. Each district will form a lot under the framework as
follows:
- Lot 1 Allerdale borough
- Lot 2 Barrow borough
- Lot 3 Carlisle city
- Lot 4 Copeland borough
- Lot 5 Eden district
- Lot 6 South Lakeland Borough
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).
- “Winter Maintenance Services 2021-2022” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · annually
- First published
- 17 Sept 2021, 14:47 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Nov 2021, 15:37 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Oct 2021 – …
- Authority reference
DN569585- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028612- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e220Find a Tender
Publisher note: 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 (DN569585) 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. The contracting authority expressly reserves the right: (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. The value provided in section II.1.5) is only an estimate.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 18 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
18 Oct 2021 → 16 Nov 2021 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown18 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened18 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published16 Nov 2021, 15:37 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete16 Nov 2021, 15:37 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Lot 2 – Drivers for Gritting Routes in South Cumbria
- Signed
- 2 Nov 2021
- Value
- £45,000
- Status
- active
Tractor and Gritter Routes in South Cumbria
- Signed
- 2 Nov 2021
- Value
- £250,000
- Status
- active
Lot 3 – Gritter Driver and Mate
- Signed
- 2 Nov 2021
- Value
- £80,000
- Status
- active
Lot 4 – Snow Clearance
- Signed
- 2 Nov 2021
- Value
- £75,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Tractor and Gritter Routes in South Cumbria | 7bids · 7 electronic | 7 | — | — |
| 2 · Drivers for Gritting Routes in South Cumbria | 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
| 3 · Gritter Driver and Mate | 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 4 · Snow Clearance | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of EnglandReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
9 commercial parties on the notice- C Davidson Contractors LtdFramework contractor
- D C LabbatteFramework contractor
- D H WilsonFramework contractor
- D H Wilson LtdFramework contractor
- I T Shaw LtdFramework contractor
- JWJ Contracting LtdFramework contractor
- Metcalfe Bros LtdFramework contractor
- T E WilsonFramework contractor
- T T Kirkbride Agricultural Contracting Services LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria