Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for Winter Service Operations Within the Administrative Area of Kirklees
Authority: Kirklees Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 'services' will consist of the provision of labour, plant, and vehicles to carry out carriageway and footwayWinter Service Operations predominantly on the public highway within the administrative area of KirkleesCouncil.
These operations include the precautionary application of de-icing agent to the carriageway and footway,throughout the winter maintenance season (refer to File 03 Price Schedule, Schedule 1 & 2 of the tender documents).
During and after periods of heavy snow fall or extended snow fall additional resources are sought to support service delivery during these events, operations will include snow ploughing, de-icing agent application and snow clearance services, (refer to File 03 Price Schedule, Schedule 2). The notice will be formally published on the 21/04/2023 with the tender documents to be published through YORtender on 24/04/2023.
CPV: Agricultural machinery · Snow-clearing services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs from 1 Oct 2023
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£4,400,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
In accordance with (i) Article 57 and 59 to 61 of Directive 2014/24/EU and (ii)Regulations 57 to 61 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), and as set out in the selection questionnaire ("SQ") available from the address as set out in Section (I.1) of this notice above, the Council of the Borough of Kirklees acting as the principal contracting authority reserves the right to refuse any Contractor's application and to exclude its tender from the evaluation in any of the circumstances as follows:
(i) in the event the completed SQ, supporting information and/or any other tender submissions are incomplete,inaccurate or misleading or otherwise not submitted in accordance with the requirements set out in the SQ or any of the other Tender Documents; and/or;
(ii) for any reason specified in Regulation 57 (Exclusion Grounds) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015(SI 2015/102), which requires or permits the principal contracting authority not to select or to treat any Contractor as an ineligible Contractor; and / or
(iii) Contractors scoring "Fail" in the SQ will not be selected for consideration of their tender submission.
Section 7 - Modern Slavery Act 2015: Requirements under Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Answering "Yes" to question 7.1 and "No" to Question 7.2 will result in exclusion unless the Contractor:
(1) can demonstrate that you are legally exempt from the requirement to comply with the annual reporting requirements contained within section 54 of the Act; or
(2) c…
- Technical & professional ability
Contractors must complete Part 3: Section 6 of the SQ.
Contractors must provide details of up to three (3) contracts, in any combination from either the public or private sector; voluntary, charity or social enterprise("VCSE") that are relevant to the principal contracting authority's requirements. VCSEs may include samples of grant-funded work. Contracts for supplies or services should have been performed during the past three (3) years. The named contact provided should be able to provide written evidence to the principal contracting authority to confirm the accuracy of the information provided below. Consortia bids should provide relevant examples of where the consortium has delivered similar requirements; if this is not possible (e.g. the Consortium is newly formed or a Special Purpose Vehicle ("SPV") will be created for this contract) then three (3) separate examples should be provided between the principal member(s) of the proposed Consortium or SPV (three (3) examples are not required from each member). Where the Contractor is a SPV, or a Managing Agent not intending to be the main provider of the supplies or services, the information requested should be provided in respect of the main intended provider(s) or sub-contractor(s) who will deliver the contract. If the Contractor cannot provide at least one (1) example for Questions 6.1 see Question 6.3, in no more than five hundred (500) words,Contractors must provide an explanation for this e.g. is the Contractor's organi…
- “Framework Agreement for Winter Service Operations Within the…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 21 Apr 2023, 15:31 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Apr 2023, 15:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 May 2023 – …
- Authority reference
KMCHS-387- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-011547- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c348Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
The performance of the Works Orders by the Contractor during the Framework Period will be subject to review by the principal contracting authority and the other contracting authorities, carried out in accordance with the tender documents which are available to download at
- Review procedure
In accordance with Regulation 86 (Notices of decisions to award a contract or conclude a framework agreement), Regulation 87 (Standstill periods) and Chapter 6 (Applications to Court) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102),the principal contracting authority has incorporated a minimum ten (10) calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the conclusion of the Framework Agreement was communicated to Contractors. This period allowed any unsuccessful Contractor(s) to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the award (or non-award) of the Framework Agreement. Such additional information should have been (and can still be) requested from the address at Sections I.1 and I.3 of this Notice above. If an appeal regarding the award (or non-award) of the Framework Agreement has not been successfully resolved, then the Regulations provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).Any such action must be started within thirty (30) days beginning with the date when the aggrieved party first knew or sought to have grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. The Court may extend the time limited for starting proceedings where the Court considers that there is a good reason for doing so, but not so as to permit proceedings to be started more than three (3)months after that date. Where the Framework agreement has not been awarded, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or reorder the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages. If however the Framework Agreement has been awarded, the Court may only award damages or, where the contract award procedures have not been followed correctly, declare the Framework Agreement to be ineffective.
Publisher note: The contracting authority (i.e. the Council of the Borough of Kirklees) considers that this Framework Agreement may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises ("SMEs"). However, any selection of economic operators will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the Framework Agreement will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender based on lowest price only. The award criteria is set out in the procurement documentation (available to download at https://yortender.eu-supply.com). With regards to the estimated total value of works for the entire duration of the Framework Agreement, please note the values stipulated in Section II.1.5 of this Notice above covers the potential spend of Council of the Borough of Kirklees, throughout the duration of the Framework Agreement. Not withstanding the range of values stipulated in Section II.1.5, however, for the avoidance of doubt please note that: i) The estimates given in Section II.1.5 of this Notice are strictly estimated values only. ii) Any information supplied in the Tender Documents as to the likely volumes of works or the times when they are likely to be required are given purely as indication of past experiences of the Council. iii) The anticipated usage of this Framework Agreement is unknown at present. Tenderers should note that it is not possible to establish an exact future workload and it is therefore not possible to guarantee that all or any of the successful economic operators with whom Kirklees Council enters into the Framework Agreement will in fact be called upon to execute Services on behalf of the Council. Unless otherwise specifically stated elsewhere in the Tender Documents, there is no minimum or maximum value/quantity of Services that may be ordered on anyone occasion and the rates tendered must therefore reflect the likelihood of varying magnitude of Services and types of Services. iv) The Council is not bound to enter into any Services Order or other contract following discussions or other representations and the Council shall not incur any liability in respect of any failure to enter into any Service Contract or in connection with the total volume, type of Services or value of Services anticipated by the economic operators or which any economic operator is asked to carry out.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 24 May 2023, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 May 2023, 13:05 BST
Timeline
21 Apr 2023 → 1 Oct 2023 · 4 dates- Notice published21 Apr 2023, 15:31 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown24 May 2023, 13:00 BST
- Bids opened24 May 2023, 13:05 BST
- Contract starts1 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria