Grounds maintenance services

Tender description

Hampshire County Council invites applications from suitably experienced organisations who wish to tender for a Term Contract for the provision of Grounds Maintenance Services commencing on 1.1.2017 for a period of 3 years. The grounds maintenance services are to be provided over 6 lotted areas. The services required cover Horticultural Maintenance and outdoor sports facilities for a variety of clients ranging from Nursery Groups to Higher Education Colleges alongside a number of Hampshire County Council sections which have properties for various uses e.g. Libraries, offices, Registry Offices, home of the Elderly and others. There are also a good coverage of Fire Stations, Police premises and Ambulance Stations. The works are monitored by Grounds Management Officers/Arboricultural Surveyors who will form the major contact points between the contractor and client. Interested parties should register their interest in the project via the In-Tend website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire and complete and submit the tender return document together with any supporting information requested by 14:00 on Thursday 29.9.2016. How to obtain the Tender Documents: The Tender documents can be accessed when logged into In-Tend by selecting ‘View Details’ on the relevant tender advert and clicking the ‘Express Interest’ tab. Once in the tender there are five tabs — ‘Tender’, ‘ITT — documents’, ‘Correspondence’, ‘Clarifications’ and ‘History’. Select the 2nd tab (ITT — documents) where you will find useful information under ‘Tender Details’ continue to scroll down to the heading ‘Tender Documents Received’ where you will be able to view/download the documents. Opting In and Out: Please note you are required to ‘Opt In’ before you can access the ‘My tender Return’ to start populating your response. The ‘Opt Out’ functionality will also be available throughout the duration of the tender process. Opting out will give you the option of declaring you no longer want to receive any further communication in relation to this tender along with the opportunity of providing comments and feedback for this decision. You can choose to ‘Opt In’ at any time during the tender process if you initially decided to ‘Opt Out’. Please note you are required to ‘Opt In’ to view and complete the Questionnaire for this project. Further Guidance: In addition, guidance on how to participate in a tender — download and upload documents/returns and if required, register your company (free of charge), can be found on the In-tend site under the ‘Help’ or ‘Information for Suppliers’ buttons. Receiving Notification Emails: To ensure you receive email alerts and notifications from our system, please add the email domain @in-tend.co.uk to your Safe Senders list.