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CN250567 - Urban Grass, Shrubs & Hedges - Market Engagement

Agricultural
forestry
horticultural
+4 more
South East (UKJ4)
Published value
£5,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Kent County Council: "CN250567 - Urban Grass, Shrubs & Hedges - Market Engagement". Published status: planning. Published value: £5,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityKent County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£5,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Kent County Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Kent County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
7.1Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
BREHENY CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITEDTop vendor: 90.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 247 active published awards; 8 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
BREHENY CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED1 win£2,968,227
KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST1 win£252,699
Berwick Partners1 win£50,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityKent County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published27 Nov 2025, 13:14 GMT
Last source update27 Nov 2025, 13:14 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAgricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services, Construction work, Landscape gardening services, Real estate services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05e777
What is being bought
Kent County Council (KCC) is conducting Market Engagement with contractors to develop our Commercial Strategy for the procurement of the Urban Grass, Shrubs & Hedges contract. The current contract is due to expire on 28th February 2027. The main service areas comprise of urban grass, shrub and hedge cutting - to contribute to visual amenity and keep roads and pavements clear of vegetation for safe passage of highway users. The main activities currently provided under this contract consist of the following (the Council reserves the right to amend activities at procurement stage): •Six programmed urban grass cutting visits •One shrub bed maintenance visit •One hedge maintenance visit •Conservation verge and wildflower programmed maintenance visits •Other programmed activities •Ad-hoc works In order to obtain a greater understanding of the current market, the Council is undertaking Market Engagement. Please note, completing this request for Market Engagement is not a prerequisite to be able to tender for this opportunity at a later date. The new contract is due to start 1st March 2027. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Landscape-gardening-services./37N23JB6B2 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/37N23JB6B2
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    27 Nov 2025, 13:14 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    24 Nov 2025, 15:19 GMT
  3. Published value updated to £5,000,000
    24 Nov 2025, 14:05 GMT
  4. Status changed to planning
    24 Nov 2025, 14:05 GMT
  5. Official notice release published
    24 Nov 2025, 14:05 GMT
  6. Buyer information updated
    24 Nov 2025, 14:05 GMT
  7. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Added additional CPV codes : 70000000: Real estate services 45000000: Construction work
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    27 Nov 2025, 13:14 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    27 Nov 2025, 13:14 GMT
  3. engagement
    15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    Please register on the Kent Business Portal to access the Market Engagement Questionnaire. Contract value and contractual term are estimated at this point and will be confirmed in any subsequent tender notices. Please complete the associated Market Engagement Questionnaire, referring to the attached Sample Scope, Sample Heat Maps and Sample Pricing Schedule documents.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Kent County Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PLDL-8938-YGYW
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published