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Published 19 Sept 2024, 09:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Communal Grounds Maintenance Services

Official notice

Authority: whg·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£8,168,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 22 Oct 2024awarded 7 Apr 2025
Awarded to Glendale Countryside Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Communal Grounds Maintenance Services

CPV: Grounds maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Communal Grounds Maintenance Services comprised of:Awarded

Communal Grounds Maintenance Services comprised of:

The Supplier will be responsible for delivery of both Routine Planned Cyclical Services (tasks that are carried out on a planned regular basis and so can be appropriately scheduled by the Supplier) and Reactive Optional Services (tasks that cannot always be predicted and as such cannot be forward programmed) under the direction of the Contract Administrator.

Routine Planned Cyclical Services

  • Grass Maintenance (Amenity and Naturalised) Including Cutting and Edging
  • Shrub and Herbaceous Bed Maintenance
  • Flower and Rose Bed Maintenance (including raised flower beds)
  • Hedge Maintenance
  • Wildflower Meadow Maintenance
  • Hard Surface Maintenance
  • Leaf clearance
  • Litter and Debris Removal

which shall vary by season demand and need and could fluctuate according to environmental changes and impacts.

Reactive Optional Services. which may include for example:

  • Planting Design, Implementation and Establishment (Bedding, Shrubs, Herbaceous, Hedges, Bulbs)
  • Grass Renovations
  • Habitat Feature Design, Implementation and Establishment
  • Demolition Site Ground Maintenance
  • Scrub Management
  • Invasive Species Management
  • Any other tasks not deemed as a Routine Planned Cyclical Service and is to be carried out on the specific instructions of the Contract Administrator.
Delivery: UK, West Midlands
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: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Sept 2024, 09:40 BST
Last source update
14 Apr 2025, 13:40 BST
Award evaluation window
22 Oct 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN735207
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014957
Classification (CPV)
Grounds maintenance services
Delivery area
UKWest Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049c17 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
22 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Oct 2024 → 14 Apr 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    22 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    22 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    14 Apr 2025, 13:40 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Apr 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    14 Apr 2025, 13:40 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    14 Apr 2025, 13:40 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £17,170,7241 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 51 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Glendale Countryside Limited£17,170,724 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

whg

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities 100 Hatherton Street, Walsall, UK, WS1 1ABContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Official Court of JusticeReview body London
  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Glendale Countryside LimitedAwarded supplier The Stables, Duxbury Hall Road, Duxbury Park,, Chorley, West Midlands, PR7 4ATContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.