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Published 21 Aug 2024, 12:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

2024/2025 Cheshire East Council Woodland Creation Scheme

Official notice

Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£556,000exc. VAT28.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Sept 2024awarded 15 Nov 2024
Awarded to Lowther Forestry Group Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cheshire East Council sought a contractor to supply, plant and maintain approximately

46,000 trees/shrubs across two Council owned sites, Mill Lane, Byley Lane – Goostrey and Coole Pilate, Coole Lane – Nantwich.

CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
Extensions: The initial contract period is 41 months, with 1 x 12-month option to extend Therefore, the optional extension maybe taken up for the period 1st April 2028 up to 31st March 2029. The optional extension will be exercised at the discretion of the Council, in line with the Contractual terms.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Questions: 60%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Questions: 60%
  • Price: 40%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Aug 2024, 12:41 BST
Last source update
10 Dec 2024, 15:36 GMT
Award evaluation window
26 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN724028
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-039786
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
Delivery area
North West (UKD62)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049288 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
26 Sept 2024, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
26 Sept 2024, 13:10 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

26 Sept 2024 → 10 Dec 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    26 Sept 2024, 13:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    26 Sept 2024, 13:10 BST
  3. Notice published
    10 Dec 2024, 15:36 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Dec 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Dec 2024, 15:36 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    10 Dec 2024, 15:36 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £396,9551 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 75 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Nov 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lowther Forestry Group LimitedSME£396,955 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Cheshire East Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityEnvironmental protection Delamere House, Delamere Street, Crewe, North West, CW1 2LLContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.