274_22 Grounds Maintenance Machinery

The ESPO national framework intends to provide a solution for the supply of grounds maintenance machinery. The Framework will be awarded by lot on a national basis.

The tender will be broken down into the following lots:

• Lot 1 - Mowers (domestic / professional) and associated equipment • Lot 2 - Mowers (ride on) and associated equipment • Lot 3 - Mowers (trailed) and associated equipment • Lot 4 - Hedge cutters; chainsaws, blowers, vacuums and strimmer's • Lot 5 - Spreaders, sprayers and water pumps • Lot 6 - Tractors • Lot 7 - Trailers • Lot 8 - Quad Bikes and Utility Vehicles • Lot 9 - Wood Chippers and Shredders • Lot 10 - Rollers • Lot 11 - Miscellaneous Machinery

The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. The total estimated value stated includes the option period.

The minimum financial requirement for the purposes of the current tender exercise is a score of 20 out of 100. This contract will contain a contract monitoring clause which will require suppliers to ensure that their organisation operates within the rating of 20 or more as shall be determined by use of a credit rating agency.

Additional information: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal.

ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself.

Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders information only.

An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement.