Official UK procurement notice
Tender For the Seasonal Provision of Mechanical Road Sweepers And Drivers and Mini-Sweeper With Outboard Jet Wash And Driver
Authority: Ribble Valley Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionContract for the provision of:
- One dual sweep mechanical road sweeper with wander hose and driver for 35 hours per week and 51 weeks per year (Monday to Thursday) excluding English bank holidays and seasonal use of up to 3 additional mechanical road sweepers (dual sweep with wander hose) and drivers for 35 hours per week per vehicle (excluding a break) - potentially up to 24 weeks per vehicle in total - (Monday to Friday) from October. (Lot 1); and
- Seasonal use of one mini road sweeper, with outboard jet wash and driver for up to 25 weeks from October Monday to Friday up to 35 hours per week. Up to two of these weeks could be used for the blossom clearing in Spring. The 25 weeks are not necessarily continuous. (Lot 2).
The service shall cover the whole of the Ribble Valley Borough Council area.
The authority may consider awarding the contract for the Lot 1 and Lot 2 to different suppliers and this shall be allowed for in the tender prices submitted.
CPV: Street-cleaning and sweeping services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£520,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Mechanical Road Sweepers with Wander Hoses and driversRenewalPublished value£320,000
One dual sweep mechanical road sweeper with wander hose and driver for 35 hours per week and 51 weeks per year (Monday to Thursday) excluding English bank holidays and seasonal use of up to 3 additional mechanical road sweepers (dual sweep with wander hose) and drivers for 35 hours per week per vehicle (excluding a break) - potentially up to 24 weeks per vehicle in total - (Monday to Friday) from October.
Lot #2Mini / precinct sweeper, with outboard jet wash and driverRenewalPublished value£200,000
Seasonal use of one mini road sweeper, with outboard jet wash and driver for up to 25 weeks from October Monday to Friday up to 35 hours per week. Up to two of these weeks could be used for the blossom clearing in Spring. The 25 weeks are not necessarily continuous.
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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).
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: Submissions will be evaluated by comparing costs across tenderers submissions. Submissions will be ranked in order of price the lowest submission attracting the full weighting of 60% thereafter the scores will be attributed as a percentage difference to the lowest price.
- Quality: To be evaluated based on the Method Statement Questions set out in the tender documents with each Method Statement given a weighting dependent upon their importance.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Feb 2026, 10:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Feb 2026, 10:07 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Mar 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-013254- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065383Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Head of Legal and Democratic Services
Ribble Valley Borough Council
Council Offices
Church Walk
Clitheroe
Lancashire
BB7 2RA
Tenders must be submitted in a plain sealed envelope or package which shall bear the word "TENDER FOR STREET CLEANSING SERVICES" and shall not bear any name or mark indicating the sender.
Timeline
13 Feb 2026 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published258 days ago13 Feb 2026, 10:07 GMT
- Clarification questions by229 days ago13 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline223 days ago20 Mar 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by215 days ago27 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts211 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Feb 2026, 10:07 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender