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Published 16 Nov 2023, 16:03 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Atrium Homes - Landscape Maintenance Works

Official notice

Authority: Atrium Homes

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£200,000≈ £200k / year
Submissions closed 8 Jan 2024awarded 6 Mar 2024
Awarded to John O'Conner Grounds Maintenance Ltd2 awards
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2021 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2020

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Atrium requires a suitably qualified contractor to deliver our landscape maintenance responsibilities, i.e. the upkeep and regular maintenance of open space and garden areas at various sites to keep them in a neat and tidy condition to promote and control growth. The site are listed within the tender documents.

  • Recurrence: Between 2024 and 2028 dependent on extensions applied to this contract.

CPV: Grassing services · Grounds maintenance services · Horticultural services · Landscape gardening services · Landscaping work · Landscaping work for gardens · Landscaping work for green areas · Litter collection services · Planting and maintenance services of green areas · Repair and maintenance services · Tree pruning · Tree pruning and hedge trimming · +2 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Landscape contractor appointed to provide services in relation to grass cutting; grass…AwardedRenewal 1 yr

Landscape contractor appointed to provide services in relation to grass cutting; grass areas repairs/maintenance; planting; shrub bed maintenance; pruning; weed control; litter picking, path brushing; and hedge and tree maintenance. Ad hoc repair works will also be included to both hard and soft landscaping throughout the duration of the contract as instructed by Atrium which will include for example, replacement planting of shrubs and trees and renewal of slabbing and fencing etc. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2020 – 31 Mar 2021 (1 yr)
Delivery: UK, Scotland · East Ayrshire
Extensions: Option to extend the contract annually for a period of up to 36 months, subject to contractor performance.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 award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
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 · publisher note attached
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
Yes · Between 2024 and 2028 dependent on extensions applied to this contract.
First published
16 Nov 2023, 16:03 GMT
Last source update
7 Jun 2024, 10:21 BST
Award evaluation window
9 Jan 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-017688
Classification (CPV)
Grassing servicesGrounds maintenance servicesHorticultural servicesLandscape gardening servicesLandscaping workLandscaping work for gardensLandscaping work for green areasLitter collection servicesPlanting and maintenance services of green areasRepair and maintenance services
+4 moreTree pruningTree pruning and hedge trimming
Delivery area
UKScotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041a94 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

In addition to the requirement to satisfy the SPD selection criteria, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) will be developed from the Quality Assessment. These will be used to measure how well the contractor is performing to ensure strategic and operational objectives are met. An indication of KPI's is included in the tender documents

Publisher note: Further information is contained in the Contract Brief and Tender documents attached to the Contract Notice, which includes information on how responses would be assessed. Under the terms of this contract, the successful supplier is required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the organisation's economic and social objectives. Atrium proposes that the contract will be for an initial period of 1 year with the option to extend on an annual basis, subject to performance and cost certainty, for up to a further 3 years. If the successful bidder does not perform to Atrium’s requirements, the contract may not continue after the first year. (SC Ref:768798)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Submission deadline
8 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
9 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Apr 2020 → 7 Jun 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2020, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    8 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    9 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
  4. Notice published
    7 Jun 2024, 10:21 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Mar 2024, 11:55 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 2latest 6 Mar 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
John O'Conner Grounds Maintenance Ltd——Awarded
John O'Conner Grounds Maintenance Ltd——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
Landscape contractor appointed to provide services in relation to grass cutting; grass…2bids · 2 electronic0—£319,764 – £405,882
Whole notice———£319,764 – £405,882

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Atrium Homes

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities Atrium House, 14 Central Avenue, Kilmarnock, Scotland, KA1 4PSContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body KilmarnockContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria