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title: "CHIC Grounds Maintenance - Dynamic Purchasing System [DPS]"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/chic-grounds-maintenance-dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-038648"
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# CHIC Grounds Maintenance - Dynamic Purchasing System [DPS]

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/chic-grounds-maintenance-dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-038648). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC"): "CHIC Grounds Maintenance - Dynamic Purchasing System [DPS]". Published status: active. Dynamic Market Estimate: £20,000,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Nov 2027, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: app.panacea-software.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 394 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC")](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/communities-and-housing-investment-consortium-limited-chic-coh-07266506)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** £20,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 November 2027 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Grounds maintenance services, Trees
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/chic-grounds-maintenance-dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-038648#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038648`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/chic-grounds-maintenance-dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-038648#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [app.panacea-software.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.panacea-software.com%2Fchic%2FLogin.aspx)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/chic-grounds-maintenance-dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-038648#participate

## Description
CHIC publishes this Notice of an Amendment to be made to the DPS in pursuance of the original Notice 2017/S 207-428123 published in OJEU on the 18th August 2017, extending the DPS until 19th November 2027. All other details relating to this DPS remain unchanged.
The change comprises extending the validity period with a further 60-months extension option, reviewed at 12 month increments whereby the authority can amend (extend, shorten, terminate or re-procure) the DPS.
This DPS remains accessible by members of CHIC to all UK public-sector bodies (potential members) including (but not limited to):
• Housing Associations
• Local Authorities and Government Departments
• Registered Charities
• NHS and Health and Social Care Groups
• Emergency Services
• Schools and Academies/Colleges and Universities
• Libraries and Museums
, including those listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/102.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Grounds Maintenance
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £16,000,000
- **Description:** Grounds maintenance services to include (but not limited to) grass cutting (drop/collect/mulch), pathway de-weeding and clearance (cuttings removal), pathway cleaning (moss and algae clearance), shrub pruning, bed clearance and soil turning, raised b...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Arboricultural Works
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 03452000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** CHIC members will be responsible for a wide range of trees, trees which require a combination of routine maintenance of established trees and reactive tree works. The volume of planned tree works is to be determined and will vary from routine tree wo...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Site Surveying
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** CHIC members will may require site surveying, using latest technology, to include (but not limited to) GPS mapping, to determine accurate site layout, and site content.  Content may include the location and identification of grassed areas, boarders, ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032705-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-18T08:58:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T22:32:27.179Z
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