Quotation for The Provision of Estate Maintenance Service - AWARD

Quotation for The Provision of Estate Maintenance Service The Council's Estate Services, which is part of the Neighbourhoods Directorate, are responsible for providing a range of services to ensure estates are clean, safe and green. A flexible and responsive Estate Maintenance Service is required, to include tenants' gardens, communal areas and/or other locations identified by the client.

The opportunity for this Contract is suitable for an organisation with site management experience and capacity and volunteer labour wishing to contribute back to the community. The supply of services during a 12 months period will be for a maximum block sum for a minimum of 6000 hours, but additional hours may be required and these should be priced for within the block sum The scope of work will include: • Site/garden clearance including weeds, shrubs, trees, fly tipping, leaf litter, litter-picking, removal of green and other waste. • Horticultural projects and improvements as required • Snow Clearance and Gritting • Painting/treating of fencing or other surfaces as required ("Direct Labour") Term The Council proposes to enter into a Contract Agreement for a term of two years.

Value The anticipated annual value (on a reasonable ad valorum basis) of the Contract Agreement for the Provision of Estate Maintenance Service is estimated to be in the region of £35,000 per annum The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal. From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the ITQ and other related documents.

In Order To View the On-Line Questionnaire and Submit a Tender, you will be required to` Opt-In`. Please be mindful that if you are cut and pasting your question responses onto the On-Line Questionnaire that you do so from a notepad document, this is due to the fact that some special characters are not accepted within the On-Line Questionnaire.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal. Closing date: Friday 27 January 2017 at 15:00hrs