AT1261 Luton Open Tender for Conservation Grass Cutting and Disposal Service

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        "name": "Christopher Newman",
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    "description": "Please note for those suppliers seeing this opportunity on Contracts Finder or Find a Tender Service - To obtain access to the Tender Documents you must first obtain registration , for free, on Luton\u0027s preferred e commerce platform Proactis Due North - Procontract.due-north.com \\r\r\n\\r\r\nAT1261 Luton Open Tender for Conservation Grass Cutting and Disposal Service\\r\r\n\\r\r\nLuton is a large and growing town around 30 miles to the north of London. Luton Council is a unitary Council covering an area of approximately 16.74 square miles (43.35 km2) and the current population of Luton is estimated at 216,000.\\r\r\nThe Council employs approximately 3,000 people based in a variety of locations such as offices, schools, nurseries, crematorium, parks pavilions, community centres, sports centres, day care, residential, police station, hospital, etc. These locations are located across the Borough.\\r\r\nService Requirement:\\r\r\n\\r\r\nThe service is looking to award a contract, or contracts, to suitably qualified organisation(s) who have been successful in their bidding for the provision of conservation grass cutting and collection services, for specified Conservation Areas within the Borough of Luton. \\r\r\n\\r\r\nYou should note that some of the Conservation Areas are inaccessible to large machinery and are also covered by Stewardship Agreements and National Classification. Standards that require the protection of flora and fauna which must be taken into account when undertaking this operation. You will be required to recycle all arising\u0027s as a result of the cutting in a process which will need to be approved by the Council. \\r\r\nPlease also note that the contract has a total of 35 individual contract areas, and we may award each site individually to different bidders or reserve the right not to award at all\\r\r\nThe tender will consist of 1 LOT of multiple locations of work",
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