AT1261 Luton Council Conservation Grasscutting and Collection Service

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Luton Council Is Inviting Potential Bidders to its Meet the Buyers Event on Friday 19th April at 2.00 and is seeking Expressions of Interest wiith key contact details / e mail addresses of those that would like to be invited via teams A Meet the Buyer Event - where we invite potential suppliers expressing an interest to attend a meeting, undertstand the requirement and present feedback as to the proposed specification and approach. Followed by an Advert with EOI, release of tender documents, make clarifications, submit a bid or bids for evalation /moderation and award. Service Requirement: The Council through its Open Tender PCR15 compliant approach is looking to engage qualified organisations to bid for its conservation grass cutting and collection services for specified Conservation Areas within the Borough of Luton. This is potentially a 4 year term contract. You should note that some of the Conservation Areas are inaccessible to large machinery and are also covered by Stewardship Agreements and National Classification. Standards that require the protection of flora and fauna which must be taken into account when undertaking this operation. You will be required to recycle all arising’s as a result of the cutting in a process which will need to be approved by the Council. Please also note that the contract has a total of 35 individual contract areas, and we may award each site individually to different bidders or reserve the right not to award at all. Luton’s greenspaces contribute to delivering the councils 2040 vision for the town. It is acknowledged that well-maintained parks attract people, business and investment to the town. They are socially inclusive spaces providing free access to opportunities for recreation, mental relaxation and just maintaining health and well-being through being in the great outdoors. The town’s greenspaces also contribute to the climate change agenda providing eco-system services to benefit the community. These range from large expanses of grassland that accommodate surface water run-off to trees and shrubs that capture carbon and remove pollutants from the air that we breathe. Service Plan priorities for the Parks and Countryside Service include priorities relating to increasing tree cover, increasing biodiversity through improvements to Chalk Grassland and habitats alongside improvements to District and Neighbourhood parks and other areas of greenspace to meet the needs of the community. Luton Parks & Countryside core objectives: The Parks & Countryside Service is committed to creating and maintaining a safe, healthy and clean environment within the parks, facilities and open space provision in Luton, and to improving both the quality of the environment, the recreational amenities and the enhancement of the lives of those who live and work within the Borough. Achieve a substantial reduction in its carbon footprint contributing towards the Council 2040 vision to be carbon neutral Support the Council’s Buy Local and Social value policies – Social , economic and environmental Bidders need to be aware that the council will be looking for social value commitments and these will be over and above the contract itself. Keywords: hedge cutting , open road mainteance, grass cutting , grounds maintence services , grounds maintenance , conservation grass cutting