Winter Gritting Services
Estimated value
£800k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
24 Jun 2026
Description
Affinity Water (AW) has a requirement for the provision of reactive gritting services to support AW's Control Operations team across all AW operational regions. The Agreement will cover the provision of reactive gritting services across all AW operational areas and associated postcodes in response to adverse winter weather conditions and operational incidents, including burst activity. Services include: • Reactive gritting and salting services. • Emergency response attendance during freezing conditions. • Treatment of operational sites, access routes, and customer impacted areas where required. • Provision of plant, vehicles, operatives and materials necessary to deliver the service. • Out-of-hours, weekend and emergency call-out capability. • Management reporting and service performance monitoring. • Compliance with AW operational processes, site safety requirements and RAMS. The following services are excluded from scope: • Planned gritting services currently managed under separate GM arrangements by Estates.
Scope
- Reference
- C-04453
- Total value
- £800,000 excluding VAT£960,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 18 Oct 2026 to 18 Oct 2028Possible extension to 18 Oct 2034
Initial contract period 19th October 2026 - 18th October 2028 The contract will be awarded for an initial term of 2 years with the option to extend for up to six years with a maximum overall term of 8 years.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 9062000090630000
- Contract locations
- Luton, United KingdomHertfordshire, United KingdomEast of England, United KingdomEast of England, United KingdomEast of England, United KingdomLondon, United KingdomBuckinghamshire, United KingdomSouth East England, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | — | price | 60.00% |
| Technical | — | quality | 40.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Submission address
- Selection questionnaire (SQ) documents will be issued after the registration closing date. Please note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically. All documents and communications will be managed through the Affinity Water etendering portal called 'In-tend'. If you are interested in this opportunity, please Register on our e-procurement portal In-tend (located here: https://intendhost.co.uk/affinitywater).
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure