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Westmorland and Furness Council

Winter Maintenance Service 2025-2027

TransportCPV 60000000 90000000 90600000
Value£1.4m
Deadline4 Aug 2025
Published9 Jul 2025
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 9 Jul 2025ClosedCloses 4 Aug 2025
Contract value in context
£1.4mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£2.2m

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The brief

Lot 1 - Tractor and gritter routes in the Eden and South Lakeland area (£0.528m per annum) Provision of tractor and driver to carry out gritting services to specific winter routes using either the suppliers own gritter or a Council provided gritter.

Lot 2 - Gritter driver and mate support (£0.120m per annum) Provision of drivers on an ad-hoc basis to drive Council Gritting vehicles.

Lot 3 - Additional Winter Maintenance Resources (£0.072m per annum) Provision of operated plan and equipment to carry out snow clearance works.

Service Providers can bid for any one or more of the lots and routes as they wish.

Where contractors bid for more than one route, they may be asked to provide evidence that they have the resources to deliver all the routes bid for.

Suppliers may be restricted to the number Lots/routes they are accepted onto based on their capacity (on the basis of the information provided in technical questions 5-8).

The tender is advertised via The Chest, if you are not already registered on the portal the help you need to get started can be found here https://www.the-chest.org.uk/.

All details are in the documents within the tender and available via the above portal.

Should you have any further questions please direct them via the messaging system on The Chest.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Gritter driver and mate support

Gritter driver and mate support.

02

Where contractors bid for more than one

Where contractors bid for more than one route, they may be asked to provide evidence that they have the resources to deliver all the routes bid for.

03

The tender is advertised via The Chest

The tender is advertised via The Chest, if you are not already registered on the portal the help you need to get started can be found here https://www.the-chest.org.uk/.

04

Should you have any further questions please

Should you have any further questions please direct them via the messaging system on The Chest.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
WAFC001-DN781113-09877972
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