LAND ENGINEERING (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

The contract is for the maintenance of grounds owned by DGHP throughout Dumfries and Galloway. The contract period will be five years from the start date. At the end of the term DGHP may (at its discretion)award an extension of one year up to a maximum of two years.

The council operates a Garden Assistance Scheme which comprises 10 routine cyclic maintenance visits to housing properties with garden areas of various sizes and involves cutting grass/lawn areas, digging and weedkilling of fallow strips/borders, hedge cutting, weedkilling and generally keeping garden areas in a good state of repair. The cyclic maintenance will be undertaken at regularly spaced intervals (generally 3-weekly between March and October) and will take place in properties rented from the council, other landlords and owner-occupiers. Also included in the Garden Assistance Scheme is the provision for “one off “works to overgrown gardens.

The Helix project is a three hundred hectare regeneration project, which will transform under used land between Falkirk and Grangemouth. An outdoor recreational space will be provided upon completion of the works, which will include a canal extension and hub, large scale sculptures and development of Greenspace areas.

The Framework Agreement will provide for the construction of new works, maintenance works and street lighting works on The City of Edinburgh Council's carriageways, footways and cycleway networks via Work Packages categorised into thirteen Lots. The provision of street lighting may form part of the work in some Work Packages other than those covered by Lots specifically provided for street lighting works. The provision of traffic signals may form part of the work in some Work Packages.

The scope of works will include grass cutting litter picking maintaining beds/shrubs applying weedkiller to housing stock and open space landscaped area in Lanarkshire Ayrshire and Glasgow.

Environmental improvement works. Landscaping work. Laying of paving. Masonry and bricklaying work. Ground-drainage work. Drainage works. Erection of fencing. Erection of railings. Concrete work. GHA proposes to enter into arrangements to deliver improvements to its housing stock. One element of these arrangements is a framework to deliver environmental improvements, the others being internal improvements and external fabric and common area improvement works. The object of the contract(s) to which this PQQ Document relates is to deliver the programme of environmental improvement works which will bring GHAs housing stock to a condition which meets or exceeds the Scottish Housing Quality Standard. Similar improvements to non-housing properties may be delivered under the proposed arrangements. The main elements of the environmental improvement are: Landscaping repair and landscaping improvement schemes to garden and back court areas in the immediate environs of the contracting authority’s properties and also to areas of open ground under the ownership of Local Authority and other bodies. The landscaping is work is currently envisaged as including alteration and/or repairs to and the provision of new pavings, kerbs and stepped areas, fences and gates, handrails, bin enclosures, retaining walls, field and other drainage including manholes and grass/shrub soft landscaping. This list is non-exclusive and the scope of the contract includes all other works which can reasonably be described as constituting environmental improvements. The delivery of the Environmental programme will focus mainly on repair and/or upgrades to the above elements but in addition there will be a limited programme of more complex environmental improvement projects which will require an element of re-design. The contract documents will establish GHA’s technical and other requirements relating to the improvements however it is intended that the contractor shall develop the aesthetic and technical design solutions to satisfy GHA’s requirements and shall have sole responsibility for those aesthetic and technical design solutions. All work associated with a property is to be carried out in a single continuous operation without gaps in the delivery of individual elements of the improvements. To deliver the environmental improvement works, GHA envisages the establishment of a framework of three contractors. The outcome of the tender evaluation will identify the three highest ranking contractors who will comprise the framework and therefore be eligible to be awarded environmental improvement work. For the first year’s programme the Investment Team will have a list of projects available for delivery. The highest ranking contractor will be awarded projects in order of priority from this list until such times as their agreed capacity is reached. Any remaining projects on the list will then be awarded to the second highest ranking contractor until their agreed capacity is reached and similarly with the third highest ranking contractor. In succeeding years further lists of projects will be collated and will be awarded to the three contractors in the same order as above. However in the second, third and fourth years consideration will be given to each contractor’s performance in the previous year before being awarded future projects. If any contractor is failing in performance they must demonstrate their willingness and ability to improve their performance (method statements, improvement action plan, etc) before being awarded further projects. At any time during the contract period there may be individual projects identified which have a high priority or a greater complexity compared to the “repair” projects. In this instance the individual project may be the subject of a mini competition between the three framework contractors. The contract documents will set out the terms upon which call offs will be made. In addition to the core requirement to carry out environmental improvements, within the contract documents GHA will set out specific requirements regarding health and safety, quality, environmental responsibility, corporate and social responsibility, customer focus, and other issues.

East Ayrshire Council has contracted for a garden care service. The service will be for domestic properties and will include grass and hedge cutting. The service will run from April to end of October each year. The contract is for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 one-year periods.

Provision of construction and trade sub-contractor works and services.

Partick Housing Association Ltd. is a not for profit social housing provider and is a registered social landlord based in the west side of Glasgow. The Association delegates the management of its reactive repairs and void works service to Partick Homes Ltd. which is responsible for the procurement of this contract.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran health board are seeking tenders for the provision of Gritting and Snow Clearing Services to key primary care community healthcare centres / clinics sites throughout Ayrshire

Renfrewshire Council (the Council) wishes to establish a Framework Contract for Landscaping Works with a number of suitably qualified and experienced Suppliers. These Works include, but are not limited to:

River Clyde Homes (RCH) is a Registered Social Landlord responsible for the management of some 7,000 homes. We are looking to employ a single contractor to undertake Grounds Maintenance Services for areas that are the responsibility of River Clyde Homes and are located within the Inverclyde area.

The requirement here is for the supply of a framework agreement that is broken into lots. It is anticipated that there will be multiple contractors awarded to each of the lots. The lots are as follows:

Clydebank re-built is undertaking strategic access improvement works to Alexander Street and Hume Street, Clydebank.

Open Space Maintenance of common areas and gardens in Caledonia and Hillcrest Housing Association's estates throughout Edinburgh and Fife.

Applications are invited from those companies with suitable experience wishing to tender for the provision of a professional grounds maintenance service across the estate of Renfrewshire Leisure.

Open Space Maintenance of common areas and gardens in Caledonia, Hillcrest and Abertay Housing Association's estates throughout Dundee and District.

Open Space Maintenance of common areas and gardens in Link Housing Association's estates in Eastern Scotland.

New Gorbals Housing Association Ltd. is a not for profit social housing provider and is a registered social landlord based in the south side of Glasgow.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran health board are seeking tenders for the provision of Gritting and Snow Clearing Services to key primary care community healthcare centres / clinics sites throughout Ayrshire.