How to win: Countryside Management Operations for the London Borough of Barnet

About this contract

The London Borough of Barnet (LBB, the council) wishes to commission the Countryside Management Operations service. The London Borough of Barnet (the ‘Authority’) is seeking to appoint a sole service provider (the ‘Provider’) to deliver Countryside Management Operation services per Lot on its behalf for a three-year period with the option to extend for one year subject to budget constraints and performance. A sole Lot service provider may be the provider to one or more Lots. The works and services for Countryside Management Operations will be divided into six Lot areas as listed below: · Lot 1: Access Maintenance (Bridleways) · Lot 2: Meadow Management · Lot 3: Rural Verges Grass Cutting · Lot 4: Hedge Maintenance including Rural (Flail Cut) · Lot 5: Ditch, Culvert Maintenance, Land Drainage and Revetment · Lot 6: Access Maintenance (Rural Path Maintenance) The key periods of work will be in the period between the months of May and August. There may be other works associated with Countryside Management Operations which will be on an Ad hoc basis and subject to quotations. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — London Borough of Barnet scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
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