Tender For the Seasonal Provision of Mechanical Road Sweepers And Drivers and Mini-Sweeper With Outboard Jet Wash And Driver
Estimated value
£520k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
2
Published
13 Feb 2026
Description
Contract 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.
Scope
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-065383
- Total value
- £520,000 excluding VAT£624,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2028Possible extension to 31 Mar 2030
The initial contract period shall be for 2 years with the option to extend for 2 extra periods each of 1 year giving a maximum total contract period of 4 years. The option to extend shall be at the employer's discretion.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 90610000
- Contract locations
- North West England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | price | 60.00% |
| 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. | quality | 40.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 13 Mar 2026, 5:00 pm
- Submission deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
- Submission address
- 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.
- Electronic submission
- No
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Lots · 2 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mechanical Road Sweepers with Wander Hoses and drivers | £320k | active |
| 2 | Mini / precinct sweeper, with outboard jet wash and driver | £200k | active |