INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF 2 x AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS

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Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is named after the largest town and the smallest village. The borough covers an area of over 245 square miles in North Hampshire of which over 90% is rural. The rest of the borough is made up of villages, rural hamlets and countryside that includes 47 conservation areas. The Environmental Services Operations team maintains most of the green spaces in the borough, including, but not limited to sport pitches, parks and open spaces, play areas and roadside verges. The council has a requirement to replace the two agricultural tractors with loaders that are used for grass cutting large areas as well as general landscaping and light agricultural duties. The replacements required are of similar size to the existing tractors but with one now required to be a lager engine size to facilitate better road speed on inclines. Part exchange on one of the existing tractors would be required Additional information: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is named after the largest town and the smallest village. The borough covers an area of over 245 square miles in North Hampshire of which over 90% is rural. The rest of the borough is made up of villages, rural hamlets and countryside that includes 47 conservation areas. The Environmental Services Operations team maintains most of the green spaces in the borough, including, but not limited to sport pitches, parks and open spaces, play areas and roadside verges. The council has a requirement to replace the two agricultural tractors with loaders that are used for grass cutting large areas as well as general landscaping and light agricultural duties. The replacements required are of similar size to the existing tractors but with one now required to be a lager engine size to facilitate better road speed on inclines. Part exchange on one of the existing tractors would be required. Goods are to be supplied as per the specification requirements included in this tender document. Dispatch of ITT: Friday 27th September 2024 Questions & Answers: Friday 27th September - Wednesday 23rd October 2024 Return of Tender: Before 12:00 Midday Tuesday 29th October 2024 Evaluation of Tender: Thursday 14th November 2024 Notification of Contract Award to Tenderers: Wednesday 20th November 2024 The Council reserves the right to change the above timetable and Tenderers will be notified accordingly where there is a change in the timetable. The Council is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with Tenderers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to Tenderers and all communications with the Council, including the submission of Tenderers' Responses, will be conducted via the ProContract system, which can be accessed using the following link: http://sebp.due-north.com Please note expressions of interest must be registered before 11:00am on Tuesday 29th October 2024. After this time no new suppliers will be able to register and download the Tender documentation on ProContract. This is to allow a locked time for Tenderers simply to review and upload the necessary response documents to ProContract prior to the Tender deadline in an effort to reduce the likelihood of incomplete or late submissions. Completed tenders and supporting information should be returned before 12:00 Midday Tuesday 29th October 2024.

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