Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver

Tender description

Council-wide removals and storage service to meet both housing and non-housing requirements. The service provides the collection, storage and re-delivery of furniture and household possessions, including for people who have been made homeless. Removals may be from house to house, house to storage or storage to house; on occasion this will be outside of London and in the Home Counties. House types may vary and will encompass a full range of property styles and locations with varying degrees of access. Home contents vary in volume from traditional home contents to a small number of bags and possessions. Service providers must have suitable storage facilities to protect clients’ items, together with comprehensive insurance and inventory processing while the goods are in the service provider’s care. The requirement will entail working in different types of sites, which will vary in accordance to their size and layout, providing a service for relocations, removals, redesigned layouts, porterage, clearance, storage, disposals and site closures. We require a service that both delivers on value for money and seeks continual efficiencies in cost and sustainability. Service providers are expected to work closely with the council to ensure comprehensive project plans are drawn up whereby all elements regarding a removals project are addressed and managed appropriately, and to ensure the health, safety and welfare of site users, staff and contract suppliers in a seamless way that does not affect the authorities’ business function.