Lot 1
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Price (40%)
Quality (60%)
Buyer: Buckinghamshire Council →
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The Council invites you to submit a competitive tender to supply grounds maintenance, play area inspection and maintenance and Green Space services, as described in this tender pack. The successful Tenderer will have the expertise to, and the experience of, supplying and continually improving grounds maintenance, play area inspection and maintenance and Green Space services. The results of the services it will provide will have a significant influence on the attractiveness and effectiveness of public spaces and facilities. This Green Space Contract will take the form of a contract between Buckinghamshire Council and the appointed contractor. The contract is based predominantly on an Output Specification and contract arrangements are as set out in the tender documents. Tenderers are invited to confirm contract management arrangements in their responses to the Specification. The Council is seeking proposals for the provision of Green Spaces services by means of a public tender exercise, seeking expressions of interest from potential providers for the provision of Green Space Services covering grounds maintenance within the urban areas of Buckinghamshire, Play area inspection & maintenance throughout the Buckinghamshire area and other green space services for Buckinghamshire Council; including allotment and cemetery management, pitch bookings ,changing room management, and general green space enquiry and complaint handling . Contract summary: • Grass Maintenance • Hedge Maintenance • Shrub/Rose Bed Maintenance • Woodland Management and Maintenance • Hardstanding Maintenance and parking • Winter Weather Work -gritting and snow clearance • Litter Collection • Play Area Inspection and Maintenance • Changing Room Facilities • Exterior Furniture Maintenance • Bye-law Enforcement • Allotment Services Management • Pitch Bookings and Income Collection • Cemeteries provision including burials. • All other Non-Routine Works • Maintenance of the soft landscape within Parking areas The contract will be for an initial term of 5 years, commencing on 1st of January 2027 and ending on 31st December 2031. There will be an option for the Council to extend for a period, or series of periods, up to a maximum of 48 (forty-eight) additional months, making a potential total contract length of 9 years. The total contract spend for the full 9 years is estimated at between £18,000,000 and £19,800,000. This range is only an estimate, and the actual spend maybe higher or lower than these figures. The Council is of the opinion that TUPE will apply. The TUPE actuary report is currently not available but will be sent as soon as it is available to the bidders that have returned the confidentiality agreement. This document will be sent via the correspondence function. The contract will not be divided into Lots. The reason for not having Lots is that we have previously considered fractionalizing the tender into lots, however had moved away from this direction. The reason for this is that we have a business need for a single contract, with one main contact and oversight presiding over the whole, which would reduce our management time and pick up economies of scale throughout the supply chain. We have previously found that one point of contact overall with several area managers gives us a suitable and timely service response, with resilience provided through the area managers. The Invitation to tender documents for this opportunity are published on the Council's procurement portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/buckinghamshire-council If you wish to participate and have not yet registered, please ensure you do so via the procurement portal in order to access the documentation. Tenders must be returned via the Council's procurement portal. The tender return date is midday on Tuesday 12th May 2026. Tenders received after this time and date will not be accepted.
UKJ13, GB
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Price (40%)
Quality (60%)
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grounds maintenance services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 77. The category anchor is Grounds maintenance services (77314000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 77 | 968 | 6 median · 24.1 average (310 of 968 with a bid count) | 4.2 average (322 of 968 with named award suppliers) | 1 comparable price pairs |
| Same buyer | 1 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKJ13 | 2 | 6 median · 6 average (1 of 2 with a bid count) | 1 average (1 of 2 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 37 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-060a60 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 035305-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Fri Apr 17 2026 14:18:58 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035305-2026 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-05-12T12:00:00+01:00 |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | 2026-08-17T23:59:59+01:00 |
| Submission method details | https://in-tendhost.co.uk/buckinghamshire-council |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £19,800,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 3 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2026 | tenderUpdate | 035305-2026 |
| 9 Apr 2026 | tender | 032603-2026 |
| 10 Feb 2026 | planning | 011904-2026 |
| 21 Jan 2026 | planningUpdate | 005475-2026 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | planning | 005013-2026 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | planning | 005007-2026 |
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