How to win: Drain Cleaning and Maintenance

About this contract

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) wishes to appoint a qualified and experienced service provider to carry out the planned preventative maintenance for cleaning of gullies, drains, and interceptors and servicing of interceptor alarms, and reactive call outs across SPT’s estate.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Strathclyde Partnership for Transport scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £200,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 24 July 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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