Invitation to Tender for Supply of Trunk Road Litter Picking and Traffic Management Services

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council ('the Council') is seeking to appoint a suitable

Contractor to carry out litter picking of the Highways Agency trunk road verges primarily the A303 and A34 within the geographical area of the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane. As per the specification included in this tender documentation. The council also requires prices for ad-hoc traffic management for occasions where this is required to allow the Council to carry out works around the ring roads and trunk roads in the borough.

Additional information: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council ('the Council') is seeking to appoint a suitable

Contractor to carry out litter picking of the Highways Agency trunk road verges primarily the A303 and A34 within the geographical area of the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane. As per the specification included in this tender documentation. The council also requires prices for ad-hoc traffic management for occasions where this is required to allow the Council to carry out works around the ring roads and trunk roads in the borough.

The contract will be for 2 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year.

Dispatch of ITT: Thursday 24th January 2019

Questions & Answers: Thurs 24th Jan - Thurs 21st Feb 2019

Return of Tender: 12:00:00 Tues 26th February 2019

Evaluation of Tender: Thursday 14th March 2019

Notification of Contract Award to Tenderers: Monday 18th March 2019 Contract commencement meeting: TBA

The Council reserves the right to change the above timetable and Tenderers will be notified accordingly where there is a change in the timetable.

The Council is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with Tenderers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to Tenderers and all communications with the Council, including the submission of Tenderers' Responses, will be conducted via the ProContract system, which can be accessed using the following link: http://sebp.due-north.com

If you need any further assistance or have any queries about using the ProContract system please contact the PROACTIS support team; contact details are as follows:

Email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com OR log a support call directly using the following link: http://proactis.kayako.com/procontractv3/Core/Default/Index quoting project ID: DN389247

Please note expressions of interest must be registered before 11a.m on Tuesday 26th February 2019. Completed tenders and supporting information should be returned no later than 12:00:00 on Tuesday 26th February 2019.