Official UK procurement notice
Citywide Weed Control · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLeeds City Council is seeking a suitably experienced and qualified contractor to undertake weed spraying and control services to footways and hard surfaced areas used for foot traffic within the Leeds City Council administrative boundary. Works will be on behalf of two distinctive service areas – 1) publicly maintainable highways and surfaces street features managed by the council’s Highway Network Management team and 2) various types of footpaths, ginnels, drying areas and hard areas within communal spaces around housing estates, community precincts and sheltered housing complexes managed by Housing Leeds and local Tenant Management Organisations (TMOs), or their successors, who are responsible for management of council housing stock. Each complete city wide application must not take any longer than six weeks to compete.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 6 Jan 2030, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Weed-clearance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,650,000
- Technical & professional ability
As per the Specification.
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).
- Price: As per the Invitation to Tender
- Technical & professional ability
As per the Specification.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 6 Jan 2030
- First published
- 6 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Jul 2026, 15:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Jun 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035935- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066430Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days in arrears
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 May 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Mar 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published234 days ago6 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMT
- Market engagement220 days ago20 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Please complete the Citywide Weed Control Preliminary Market Engagement form published in the Jaggaer system
- Next notice expected189 days ago20 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published188 days ago21 Apr 2026, 10:25 BST
- Clarification questions by159 days ago20 May 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline152 days ago27 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by122 days ago26 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent112 days ago7 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published111 days ago7 Jul 2026, 15:20 BST
- Contract starts87 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Mar 2026- Planned procurement notice published6 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published6 Mar 2026, 13:54 GMTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Mar 2026, 14:14 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published21 Apr 2026, 10:25 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,650,00021 Apr 2026, 10:25 BSTwas £1,630,000
- Status changed to active21 Apr 2026, 10:25 BST
- Contract award notice published7 Jul 2026, 15:20 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete7 Jul 2026, 15:20 BST
- Contract signature expected27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-03: 2 releases · 6 Mar 2026, 6 Mar 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Languard Limited1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: Up to 2x12 months | £1,650,000 | 7 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Languard LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender