Provision of a Removals, Packing and Storage Service for Domestic Properties

The Housing Service department at East Renfrewshire Council is responsible for the discharge of some statutory duties owed to homeless citizens of East Renfrewshire. Citizens require assistance with the removal, transfer and storage of belongings, sometimes for an unspecified amount of time. East Renfrewshire Council is legally obliged to provide this assistance.

The Council have various types of customers, some of which require short term uplift and storage of belongings; others require a more long term solution.

The approximate level of usage of the service is as follows:

• 66 movements per year (i.e 33 uplifts and redelivery)
• 43 units (250 cubic foot) of storage in use at any given time
• An average of 9 months in storage for each person

The figures above are indicative of the current level of usage of the service. No guarantee can be given in relation to future levels.

This procurement was conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal (PCS-T). We applied a one stage Open procedure.

Bidders self-certified their adherence to the conditions of participation via the SPD (Scotland) in PSC-T, and required to submit Means of Proof before contract award. Bidders referred to the specific requirements listed in Section III in this OJEU Contract Notice when completing the SPD in PCS-T.