Landscape gardening services

Tender description

Scottish Enterprise (SE) is Scotland's main economic development agency. This tender will establish a contract to provide landscape maintenance operations on a regular basis through the growing season and winter months to a portfolio of development Affected Properties across Scotland on behalf of SE. The contract has two Lots — Lot 1 (East Sites) and Lot 2 (West Sites) and bidders may tender for one or both Lots. SE anticipate that the contract will commence in 11.2017 and have a duration of 3 years. SE will however retain the option of extending the contract by a further 1 year at its sole discretion. Further details can be found elsewhere in this contract notice and within the ITT documentation. This tender process will establish a contract to provide landscape maintenance operations on a regular basis through the growing season and winter months to a portfolio of development Affected Properties across Scotland on behalf of Scottish Enterprise (SE). The range of services to undertaken include but are not necessarily limited to: amenity grass cutting, rough grass cutting, strimming path and road edges, weed control, hedge trimming, shrub pruning and weed control, arboricultural services (tree thinning/felling), maintenance of SUDS elements, cleaning of hardstanding areas (sweeping, leaf clearance, gully cleaning, etc), litter picking. There will also be a requirement for task orders to implement small landscape and civil engineering services as required. Additional ad-hoc services may also be required at certain Affected Properties throughout the term of this contract and may include, but are not necessarily limited to: repairs to fences; removal of fly tipped rubbish; fitting of replacement padlocks; felling or pruning of trees at property boundaries; and treatment of non-native invasive plant species. The full scope of services to be provided can be found within the ITT documentation. The contract will be divided into 2 Lots — Lot 1 (East Sites) and Lot 2 (West Sites) and bidders may tender for one or both Lots. Each Lot will be evaluated separately. The portfolio of Affected Properties held by SE comprises a mix of: undeveloped or underdeveloped properties, occupied industrial developments, occupied warehousing developments; and occupied offices and technology developments. Details of the current Affected Properties within each Lot can be found within the ITT documentation. SE anticipate that the contract will commence in 11.2017 and have a duration of 3 years. SE will however retain the option of extending the contract by a further 1 year at its sole discretion. Scottish Enterprise estimate the value of the commission for both Lots 1 and 2 over the maximum of 4 years to be between GBP 1 757 000 and GBP 1 990 000 (excluding VAT). Individually SE estimate the value of Lot 1 to be between GBP 607 000 and GBP 690 000 (excluding VAT), and Lot 2 to be between GBP 1 150 000 and GBP 1 300 000 (excluding VAT). This tender process will establish a contract to provide landscape maintenance operations on a regular basis through the growing season and winter months to a portfolio of development Affected Properties across Scotland on behalf of Scottish Enterprise (SE). The range of services to undertaken include but are not necessarily limited to: amenity grass cutting, rough grass cutting, strimming path and road edges, weed control, hedge trimming, shrub pruning and weed control, arboricultural services (tree thinning/felling), maintenance of SUDS elements, cleaning of hardstanding areas (sweeping, leaf clearance, gully cleaning, etc), litter picking. There will also be a requirement for task orders to implement small landscape and civil engineering services as required. Additional ad-hoc services may also be required at certain Affected Properties throughout the term of this contract and may include, but are not necessarily limited to: repairs to fences, removal of fly tipped rubbish, fitting of replacement padlocks, felling or pruning of trees at property boundaries, and treatment of non-native invasive plant species. The full scope of services to be provided can be found within the ITT documentation. The contract will be divided into 2 Lots — Lot 1 (East Sites) and Lot 2 (West Sites) and bidders may tender for one or both Lots. Each Lot will be evaluated separately. The portfolio of Affected Properties held by SE comprises a mix of: undeveloped or underdeveloped properties; occupied industrial developments, occupied warehousing developments, and occupied offices and technology developments. Details of the current Affected Properties within each Lot can be found within the ITT documentation. SE anticipate that the contract will commence in 11.2017 and have a duration of 3 years. SE will however retain the option of extending the contract by a further 1 year at its sole discretion. Scottish Enterprise estimate the value of the commission for both Lots 1 and 2 over the maximum of 4 years to be between GBP 1 757 000 and GBP 1 990 000 (excluding VAT). Individually SE estimate the value of Lot 1 to be between GBP 607 000 and GBP 690 000 (excluding VAT), and Lot 2 to be between GBP1 150 000 and GBP1 300 000 (excluding VAT).