Grounds Maintenance Machinery Supply

Portsmouth City Council ('the council') is inviting quotations from suitably qualified suppliers to supply grounds maintenance equipment to replace the existing inventory. The Grounds Maintenance Team undertake various green maintenance works across the Cities public lands and parks.

New machinery is required to replace the existing machinery used for this work. We are seeking to have the equipment delivered and on site, ready to use by mid-March 2020 where possible, although this is flexible.

Tenderers are asked to price each piece of equipment individually where possible. Tenderers do not have to submit a cost for each listed item.

The council reserves the right to purchase the equipment using the selection criteria covered in Section 11 and either: o Purchase each piece of equipment on an individual basis from different suppliers. o Purchase the full list from one supplier where this offers the best value. o Purchase a number of items in a group where this offers best value, e.g. via a discount. A selection of the existing Council equipment is available to be included as part exchange and listed in Appendix 2 - Machinery Inventory Pricing List.

All supplied equipment should have a 12 months warranty. Task Target date Procurement documents published 14th February 2020 Deadline for requests for clarification 26th February 2020, 23:59 Quotation return deadline 28th February 2020, 14:00 Evaluation of quotations completed 6th March 2020 Award decision notified to bidders 9th March 2020 Orders placed 10th March 2020 Deliveries from ASAP Additional information: Portsmouth City Council is currently in the process of seeking expressions of interest for the following project - Grounds Maintenance Machinery Supply The full details and ability to express an interest will be via our e-sourcing system Intend. This file path will take you to the relevant area of Intend, https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/Tenders/Current Once on the page you can either scroll down or use the search function to find the relevant project.