Two Year Contract for Bulk Uplifts

The Contract applies to gardens, backcourts and public spaces of tenement flats, modern flats and multi-storey flats along with car parks, private roads, private footpaths and bin lanes belonging to Southside Housing Association within the areas of Pollokshields, Mount Florida, Cathcart, Shawlands, Strathbungo, Ibrox, Kinning Park, Crosshill, Cardonald, Halfway, Penilee, Strathbungo, Pollokshaws and Shawlands. , Glasgow. (refer tender Document 1).

The Contract term will be for an initial 2 year period with optional annual 1+1+1 12 month extensions up to a maximum contract duration of five years overall. The bulk uplift services will be provided seven days a week during normal working hours 52 weeks of the year.

The Contractor will be required to complete each Bulk Uplift order (disposing to a Glasgow City Council recycling centre) within 10 calendar days of notification by Southside Housing Association or the date that the Contractor identifies the requirement for a bulk uplift during their weekly drive around of Southside Housing Association’s estates. It is anticipated that orders for bulk uplifts will be issued by Southside Housing Association Monday-Friday during the Contract and Southside Housing Association will not issue orders to the Contractor on a Saturday or Sunday.

However, the Contractor will be permitted to undertake the bulk uplift service during normal working hours seven days per week. Although Southside Housing Association require each order for a bulk uplift to be completed within 10 calendar days, the Contractor will be responsible for managing their resources, including public or other holidays of the operatives engaged during the Contract, to ensure each order is completed within the 10 calendar day period.

The Bulk Uplift service is currently delivered by the Estates Team of Southside Housing Association and will cease after 31st October 2025 when the Contractor successful in bidding for this opportunity commences the Contract. Southside Housing Association do not envisage that any of their Estate Team employees currently providing the service will transfer employment to the Contractor successful in bidding for this opportunity and tender costs must be submitted on this basis that TUPE will not apply to the existing workforce.

Detailed information on the requirements of Southside Housing Association for the Contract have been provided within Tender Document 2 (Activity Schedule) and Tender Document 3 (Form of Tender and Schedule of Works). The anticipated cost per annum of the contract, excluding VAT, is 50000 to 60000 GBP.

Bidders are advised that this opportunity represents a different approach to delivering the bulk uplift service to customers of Southside Housing Association. The anticipated value included within this notice is an estimate, as the bulk uplift services sought by this notice represents a new approach to delivering the service to our customers.

Single Stage Tendering in accordance with Regulations 28 (Open Procedure) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulation 2015. Additional information: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.