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Winter Maintenance Service 2025-2027

Westmorland and Furness Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Westmorland and Furness Council

Buyer Address: South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, LA9 4DQ, England

Contact Name: Gwyneth Timson

Contact Email: Procurement.Capital.WAF@Cumbria.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 1768212268

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
1440000.0 GBP
Published
09 Jul 2025, 14:30
Deadline
04 Aug 2025, 15:00
Contract Start
30 Sep 2025, 23:00
Contract End
30 Apr 2027, 22:59
Category
services
CPV
60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

Lot 1 - Tractor and gritter routes in the Eden and South Lakeland area (£0.528m per annum) Provision of tractor and driver to carry out gritting services to specific winter routes using either the suppliers own gritter or a Council provided gritter. Lot 2 - Gritter driver and mate support (£0.120m per annum) Provision of drivers on an ad-hoc basis to drive Council Gritting vehicles. Lot 3 - Additional Winter Maintenance Resources (£0.072m per annum) Provision of operated plan and equipment to carry out snow clearance works. Service Providers can bid for any one or more of the lots and routes as they wish. Where contractors bid for more than one route, they may be asked to provide evidence that they have the resources to deliver all the routes bid for. Suppliers may be restricted to the number Lots/routes they are accepted onto based on their capacity (on the basis of the information provided in technical questions 5-8). The tender is advertised via The Chest, if you are not already registered on the portal the help you need to get started can be found here https://www.the-chest.org.uk/. All details are in the documents within the tender and available via the above portal. Should you have any further questions please direct them via the messaging system on The Chest.

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External Link: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9a044ef2-0c90-49a5-ae1f-63f386c2f0b7

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