Public Realm

The Council’s detailed requirements for the Supplies, Services, and/or Works are set out in the suite of Specification documents relevant to the specific Lots, which can be accessed on the Council’s eProcurement portal, and applicable details across all other documents which form the Procurement Document Suite. The Council is conducting this procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 (UKPGA 2023/54), using the Competitive Flexible Procedure to identify the Supplier(s) for the Supplies, Services, and/or Works.

No information in this document is, or should be relied upon as, an undertaking or representation as to the Council's ultimate decision as to whether it will award the proposed Contract(s) in relation to the Supplies, Services, and/or Works. Potential Suppliers participate in this procurement process at their own risk.

The Council shall not accept liability nor provide any reimbursement for any costs or losses incurred by a Potential Supplier in relation to their participation in this procurement process, nor for any cancellation or amendment to this procurement process. The procurement is for 5 Lots and 6 Contracts as set out below: Lot A: Paving, Asphalt and Road Markings (Planned and Reactive Maintenance), Winter maintenance and Bridge Inspection and Maintenance (1 (one) Contract) Lot B: Street lighting and signs (Planned and Reactive Maintenance) (1 (one) Contract) Lot C: Highways Drainage (Gully cleansing and gully repairs) (1 (one) Contract) Lot D: Projects (2 (two) Contracts) Lot E: Grounds Maintenance (1 (one) Contract) The Council therefore intends to enter into 1 Contract with a single Supplier for each of Lots A, B, C, and E.

For Lot D the Council intends to enter into 2 Contracts with each of the first and second placed Potential Suppliers for that Lot. The first placed Potential Supplier will be awarded the Main Contract, and the second placed Potential Supplier will be awarded the Back Up Contract.

The Lot D Back Up Supplier is not guaranteed any volume of work under the Back Up Lot D Contract. The Council may engage the Back Up Lot D Supplier to support the Main Contract Supplier up to an initial allocation of 10% of the value of the Main Lot D Contract, with the option to increase this to 20%, to be applied on the basis of project type and/or project value and/or project urgency, at the Council’s absolute discretion.

If the Main Lot D Supplier is unable to continue to deliver the Main Lot D Contract for any reason, including but not limited to termination, insolvency, or poor performance, the Council reserves the right to award the Main Lot D Contract to the Back Up Lot D Supplier for the remainder of its term, (including any extension exercised by the Council), rather than re-procuring the Lot D Contract. This transfer option is wholly at the Council’s discretion.

In any event once the Council issues a purchase order to the Back Up Supplier for a required output, the Back Up Supplier will undertake the work item assigned to them, from the point of instruction through to completion. The anticipated Contract Start Date for each Contract is set out in the Procurement Timetable published on the Council’s eProcurement portal.

The anticipated duration for each Contract is 7 (seven) years with an ability for the Council to extend the Contract(s), up to a maximum total extension period of 3 (years) (36 months). Whether, on what basis, and for what period or periods any of the Contracts are extended, is wholly at the discretion of the Council.

For the avoidance of doubt, Potential Suppliers should be aware that following award of the Contracts should the successful Supplier(s) subsequently find that their tendered solution and/or price is not accurate and/or sustainable then the successful Supplier(s) will not be permitted to amend their price offer to require any further monies associated with the full provision of the Supplies, Services, and/or Works. Paving, Asphalt and Road Markings (Planned and Reactive Maintenance), Winter maintenance and Bridge Inspection and Maintenance for the council's Public Realm requirement

Street lighting and signs (Planned and Reactive Maintenance) for the council's Public Realm requirement Highways Drainage (Gully cleansing and gully repairs) for the council's Public Realm requirement

Projects for the council's Public Realm requirement Grounds Maintenance for the council's Public Realm requirement