Streetscene Services (Grounds Maintenance and Street Cleaning)

Tender description

Woking Borough Council (the "Council") invites tenders from suitability qualified and experienced organisations for the provision of its streetscene services (grounds maintenance, street cleaning and allied services) contract (the "Contract").The Council is facing an affordability challenge in relation to all services, including this Contract. As such, the Council is setting an affordability envelope. Lot 1: This Contract shall include the following Services: •Cleansing of streets and open spaces •Removal of rubbish and fly tips, including the provision of a dedicated crew for fly-tip response; •Car parks cleansing; •Subway cleansing; •Markets cleansing; •Special events; •Removal of leaf and blossom fall; •Emptying of litter and on-street recycling bins; •Removal and storage of abandoned shopping trolleys; •Gum removal and street washing; •Removal and storage of dead animals; •Transfer and disposal of cleansing waste; •Out of hours emergency service; •Playground inspections; •Removal of flyposting; •Weed treatment; •Fast response cleansing; •Grounds Maintenance Cyclical works (Grass cutting, shrub & hard surface maintenance); •Parks and open spaces; •Sports pitches; •Landscaping; •Tree surgery/ Arboriculture works; •Support to emergencies including flooding and snow clearance. The Council are seeking innovative proposals to meet the affordability challenge whilst maintaining a good quality standard for residents.The procurement is undertaken pursuant to the competitive dialogue procedure. Economic operators will need to register on the portal in order to participate and the registration is free. All procurement documentation is available from, and all communication is to be conducted via the portal at In-Tend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wokingboroughcouncil/aspx/Home.Broadly, to express interest economic operators must complete and return responses to the selection questionnaire (SQ) in accordance with the instructions set out in the procurement documentation.