Official UK procurement notice
ANDBC Tender for the Supply and Delivery of Parks Plant and Machinery
Authority: Ards and North Down Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionTenders are sought by Ards and North Down Borough Council for the supply and delivery of the following machines and vehicles: Lot 1: Two (2no) Mid Mount Ride on Mower Tractors, Lot 2: Three (3no) Front Deck Ride on Mowers, Lot 3: One (1no) Tracked Woodchipper, Lot 4: Greens Machinery: One (1no) Tractor Mounted Scarifier, One (1no) Motorised Top-dressing spreader, One (1no) Tractor Mounted Dimple Seeder, One (1no) Tractor Mounted Groomer and, Lot 5: Tractor Implement: One (1no) rear mounted flail.
CPV: Chippers · Lawn, park or sports-ground mowers · Lawnmowers · Machine tools for working wood · Manure spreaders · Mowers · Tractor accessories · Wood waste
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value (£272,000 together) · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Two (2no) Mid Mount Ride on Mower TractorsPublished value£40,000
Supply & Delivery of Two (2no) Mid Mount Ride on Mower Tractors
- Economic & financial standing
a. Insurances - Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Technical & professional ability
a. Minimum Standards of Experience, b. Declarations, c. Compliance with Specification. Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
Lot #2Three (3no) Front Deck Ride on MowersPublished value£90,000
Supply & Delivery of Three (3no) Front Deck Ride on Mowers
- Economic & financial standing
a. Insurances - Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Technical & professional ability
a. Minimum Standards of Experience, b. Declarations, c. Compliance with Specification. Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
Lot #3One (1no) Tracked WoodchipperPublished value£55,000
Supply & Delivery of One (1no) Tracked Woodchipper
- Economic & financial standing
a. Insurances - Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Technical & professional ability
a. Minimum Standards of Experience, b. Declarations, c. Compliance with Specification. Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
Lot #4Greens Machinery: One (1no) Tractor Mounted Scarifier, One (1no) Motorised Top-dressing spreader, One (1no) Tractor Mounted Dimple Seeder, One (1no) Tractor Mounted GroomerPublished value£75,000
Supply & Delivery of Greens Machinery: One (1no) Tractor Mounted Scarifier, One (1no) Motorised Top-dressing spreader, One (1no) Tractor Mounted Dimple Seeder, One (1no) Tractor Mounted Groomer
- Economic & financial standing
a. Insurances - Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Technical & professional ability
a. Minimum Standards of Experience, b. Declarations, c. Compliance with Specification. Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
Lot #5Tractor Implement: One (1no) rear mounted flailPublished value£12,000
Supply & Delivery of Tractor Implement: One (1no) rear mounted flail
- Economic & financial standing
a. Insurances - Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Technical & professional ability
a. Minimum Standards of Experience, b. Declarations, c. Compliance with Specification. Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Provision of Machinery/Plant Induction and Technical Support: 20%
- Provision of Delivery and Customer Service: 20%
- Cost: 60%
Published award criteria (3)
- Provision of Machinery/Plant Induction and Technical Support: Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Provision of Delivery and Customer Service: Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Cost: Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Economic & financial standing
a. Insurances - Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Technical & professional ability
a. Minimum Standards of Experience, b. Declarations, c. Compliance with Specification. Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jul 2026, 13:42 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jul 2026, 13:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Oct 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071714- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d67dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via www.etendersni.gov.uk ↗
Timeline
29 Jul 2026 → 27 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published92 days ago29 Jul 2026, 13:42 BST
- Clarification questions by64 days ago26 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline64 days ago26 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by13 days ago15 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts2 days ago27 Oct 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published29 Jul 2026, 13:42 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender