Official UK procurement notice
Soft Market Test - Weed Treatment Services
Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionLeicestershire County Council are currently preparing to issue further competitions for Weed Treatment Services, via a suitable DPS, split into Lot 1: Routine weed treatment – North Leicestershire, Lot 2: Routine weed treatment – South Leicestershire and Leicestershire High Speed Roads, Lot 3 – Targeted invasive and noxious weed treatment – Leicestershire, with the further competitions anticipated to commence on 20th October 2023. This is to replace the Weed Treatment Services_2021 (currently in place). The Council is looking to appoint suitably experienced contractor(s) to provide weed treatment services throughout Leicestershire, with areas of treatment to be within the highway, footways, and jitties, commencing with the 2024 season, and invite interested organisations to register an interest and to possibly discuss the requirements further.
Please note that this is not a call for competition, and any information given above is not guaranteed within any subsequent procurement, only indicative of our potential requirements.
Any future procurement will be subject to a separate advertisement.
CPV: Weed-killing services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£650,000 together)Lot #1Routine weed treatment – North LeicestershirePlannedRenewalPublished value£250,000
- Routine weed treatment of A, B, C, and unclassified roads, footways, and jitties in specified
locations throughout North Leicestershire.
Lot #2Routine weed treatment – South Leicestershire and Leicestershire High Speed RoadsPlannedRenewalPublished value£300,000
- Routine weed treatment of A, B, C, and unclassified roads, footways, and jitties in specified locations throughout South Leicestershire.
- Routine weed treatment of high-speed roads in specified locations throughout North and South Leicestershire (Leicestershire County Council to provide traffic management and any associated permits required).
Lot #3Targeted invasive and noxious weed treatment – LeicestershirePlannedRenewalPublished value£100,000
- Targeted invasive and noxious weed treatment throughout Leicestershire.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Sept 2023, 12:55 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Sept 2023, 12:55 BST
- Authority reference
DN689154- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027086- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03fc62Find a Tender
Publisher note: Market Engagement In addition to registering an interest in this procurement, Leicestershire County Council would like to invite interested organisations to propose solutions that might offer reduction in the use of glyphosate, integrated weed management, latest technology, added value, efficiencies, carbon reduction, or similar, by written submission via https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html by 12th October 2023. Without commitment or preference, we may then invite interested parties to join us for a meeting (either online or face-to-face), to discuss our requirements and any interesting proposals further. We may do this to shape our requirement however any tender opportunity that follows will be undertaken by a separate exercise. Any costs incurred by participating in this exercise will be borne by the participating organisations. Please note that this is not a call for competition, and any information given above is not guaranteed within any subsequent procurement, only indicative of our potential requirements. Any future procurement will be subject to a separate advertisement.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 Sept 2023 → 20 Oct 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published13 Sept 2023, 12:55 BST
- Tender notice expected20 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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