Civic-amenity services

Tender description

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, acting in association with Westminster City Council, is inviting tenders for the provision of temporary toilets for the Notting Hill Carnival that will take place in 2019 with provision to include the 2020 and 2021 carnivals. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council currently provide public toilets for attendees and participants of the Notting Hill Carnival. The 2 authorities are inviting tenders for a contract to provide toilets for the 2019 Carnival (with an option to extend to the 2020 and 2021 carnivals). The Contract will cover the requirements of both Boroughs and both Boroughs will be party to the contract with the contractor. The Notting Hill Carnival (“the Carnival”) is the largest celebration of Caribbean culture in Europe, visited by over 1 000 000 Londoners and tourists each year and making a significant contribution to London’s economy and its status as a culturally diverse global city. The event takes place over the Sunday, traditionally Children’s Day, and Monday of the August Bank Holiday each year (25th and 26th August 2019), and runs from 10:00 am — 07:00 pm. The anticipated provision level is for a minimum of four hundred and eighty (480) units (per day), no less than forty-five (45) accessible with sufficient urinal capacity to match the number of units provided. Sufficient hand cleansing facilities are to be provided at each location for the volume provided.