UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Newquay Town Council and St Austell Town Council are inviting suitably qualified and experienced organisations to tender for the provision of CCTV repair and maintenance. The winning service provider will be responsible for the repair and maintenance of each of the Councils Open Space CCTV cameras and the Control Room within Newquay Police Station.

Newquay Town Council are investigating the possibility of using a contractor for locking and cleaning its public conveniences, on a daily basis (7 days a week). The Council has 12 toilets throughout its town/area (2 are closed). The sites are as follows; • Beach Road (Closed) • Chester Road • Killacourt • Esplanade • Fore Street • Narrowcliff • East Pentire • Railway (Closed) • Trenance Gardens • Watergate • Little Fistral • Porth Beach Full details of the site addresses and opening times can be found on the Councils website. The desired locking times are set for winter and summer hours (apart from when Easter is earlier than April) and a couple of events where certain toilets may require a later lock. Winter locks are from 16.00 from 1 October to 31 March Summer locks are from 20.00 from 1 April to 30 September (There are some variances, but the Council might be able to be flexible if required). Please ensure that the quotations for cleaning and locking are priced separately. This contract would include cleaning materials to be provided by the contractor, and compliance with COSHH or other regulations where necessary.

The Council is seeking a Christmas Lighting hirer for the provision of a Christmas Lighting display for the Town Centre. The bidder will be required to provide, install, maintain, remove and store the lighting display over the length of the contract. The Council is looking to partner with Newquay Business Improvement District to expand on the existing Christmas Lighting scheme and will be deemed eligible works under this Contract, but noting if taken forward then that work would be quoted separately for the extended sections.

The Council is seeking an insurance provider for the provision of a range of insurance products. The current levels of cover, limits and liabilities along with related excesses are set out in the accompanying spreadsheet to this tender. In addition to provision of insurance products the insurance provider is required to provide claims handling services as well as advisory services in relation to risk.

The Council is seeking a Supplier to supply, install and maintain door access control system for the Council's public conveniences. The Supplier will be required to provide, install, maintain, access controls in line with the accompanying specification. The estimated overall maximum budget for the tender is in the region of £25,000 to £35,000 (Ex VAT). Full details around the Tender can be found in the accompanying documentation, in particular Volume 2 - Applicant Response (Tender) and Schedule 1: Price Schedule, Appendix 1 - Specification and Appendix 2 - Draft Contract.

Newquay Town Council is seeking bids for weed clearance services using appropriate weed-killing methods to the highways on a reactive basis. The purposes of which is to reduce the number of weeds on said highways. The use of Glyphosate (or any other herbicides) as a method of weed control will NOT be accepted. The contractor must be aware that there are highways within the contract where vehicles are parked and therefore, it is imperative the choice of weed control method should ensure it is safe to do so around vehicles. Where areas cannot be accessed the contractor must contact Newquay Town Council immediately to report what areas were not covered and why. The proposed method to be used must be non-invasive and environmentally friendly. The total length of roads within the parish is 71.04 km (note: including both sides of the road would total 142.08 km). However, this contract will be undertaking weed control on a 'reactive' basis and the Town Council will not exceed more than 10% of the total length of highways within the Parish. The Council will assess the hot spot areas within the parish on a monthly basis and review whether action will be taken based on: health & safety risk, impact on an asset of importance to the local community and/or tourism, the number of enquiries raised and budgetary limitations.