Road transport services

Tender description

The Council’s main objectives for this procurement exercise are: To ensure that essential routes are available to the public to use and that there is clear access to the grounds of care homes and residential homes, regardless of weather conditions, in order to avoid risk to lives and damages to properties and vehicles. This framework will be used mainly during the winter months which the Council defines as the 31st of October until the 30th of April each year. These dates may be subject to change on a year-to-year basis depending on weather conditions and any one-off instances of severe weather conditions. Glasgow City Council, Neighbourhoods and Sustainability (NS), are mainly responsible for the winter maintenance service within their designated boundaries. Their objective is to ensure that essential routes are available to the public to utilise regardless to the weather conditions in order to avoid risk to lives and damages to properties and vehicles. During periods of prolonged/severe winter weather it is necessary to supplement the council’s in-house resources using external contractor(s). Glasgow City Council, Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) main objective for this procurement exercise is to ensure that essential access is available to care homes and residential homes which provide services to the most vulnerable people in Glasgow. This will require all car parks and access roads within the grounds to be clear of snow to allow access for emergency vehicles. The council will require 1 contractor to provide all the required services for 5 day care units and for 7 residential homes. Please note that during the framework period the council reserves the right to add or remove locations. Should the council require locations to be added, this shall be classified as non-core and the contractors will be required to price these ‘Non-Core’ elements.