Official UK procurement notice
CP2528-24 Maintenance and Improvement of Public Rights of Way Framework 2025 - 2029
Authority: Devon County Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionFramework Agreement is to provide maintenance and improvement works to approximately 5 000 km of Public Rights of Way (comprising footpaths, bridleways, restricted byways and byways), 230 km of off-road recreational trail network (for example, the Tarka Trail) and 590 km of minor road network (mainly unmetalled) including the South West Coast Path National Trail, for which it is responsible along with the areas covered by the Stover Country Park and Grand Western Canal Country Park or other land requiring works. The Framework Agreement may also be used by both Dartmoor and Exmoor National Park Authorities to maintain some or all of the public rights of way within their park boundaries under an Agency Agreement with Devon County Council and it may be that works are ordered by either the Dartmoor or Exmoor National Park Authorities or Devon County Council through this arrangement. Parish and Town Councils may also need to use the Framework for path works carried out on behalf of Devon County Council.
Multiple appropriately skilled, competent contractors are required to carry out routine, reactive and planned maintenance and improvement works across Devon, to a value of up to £120,000 per scheme - ranging from seasonal vegetation cuts to path establishment works, but also allowing for related work such as path inspections and drafting of Orders for temporary closures and/or path diversions. Total annual spend is in the region of £1.5m, including a high proportion of lower value work of less than £5,000.
CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Construction work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 60 suppliers · 51 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (0.8 per place) · 55 appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Service Groups A and BAwarded
Service Group A - Operations that can be carried out by 1 or more operative(s) with equipment used included within the operative(s) rate. For example, vegetation cutting, sign and waymark post installation, fence repairs, step repairs and installation, gate installation, minor surface and drainage maintenance and improvement.
Service Group B - Work Activities involving the use of Chainsaw Equipment including tree works (up to 380 mm diameter and ground based works only) with equipment used included within the operative(s) rate.
Lot #2LOT 2 Service Group C – Work Activities requiring the use of specialist plant and…Awarded
LOT 2 Service Group C – Work Activities requiring the use of specialist plant and equipment that require a discrete rate, owned or hired for extraordinary work.
Lot #3Lot 3 Work Activities requiring technical expertise such as path inspections (planned…Awarded
Lot 3 Work Activities requiring technical expertise such as path inspections (planned and reactive), applying for permits and permissions (e.g., planning consent, and environmental permits), and assessing proposals for and drafting of path orders – not requiring specialist equipment and machinery
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 0
- Price: 100
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “CP2528-24 Maintenance and Improvement of Public Rights of Way…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 60 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 14 Nov 2024, 10:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Mar 2025, 15:50 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Dec 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN735787- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009974- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b65cFind a Tender
Publisher note: The authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement process at any stage. The authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender, and reserve the right not to award a contract. The authority reserves the right to award the contract in part, or to call for new tenders should they consider this necessary. Economic operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from them in connection with their participation in this procurement, whether incurred directly by them or their advisors or subcontractors and regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence direct or indirect of any amendments to documents issued by the authority at any time, or as a consequence of the cancellation of the procurement by the authority. For the avoidance of doubt, the authority shall have no liability whatsoever to economic operators or their advisors or subcontractors, for any of their costs, including but not limited to those for any discussions or communications. Any contract(s) or agreement(s) entered into as a result of this contract notice shall be considered as a contract(s) or agreement(s) made under English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. If an economic operator considers that any information supplied by it during this procurement process is commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity as well as the duration of that sensitivity specified. Economic commercially sensitive, the authority may disclose it pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in response to a request for information where such disclosure is considered to be in the public interest. Please note that the receipt by any of the authority of any materials marked ‘confidential’ or equivalent shall not be taken to mean that the authority accepts any duty of confidence by virtue of that marking.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 3 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
19 Dec 2024 → 18 Mar 2025 · 3 dates- Bids opened19 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown3 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published18 Mar 2025, 15:50 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Dec 2024- Deadline moved to 3 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT17 Dec 2024, 16:53 GMT+15 days · was 19 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete18 Mar 2025, 15:50 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 19 Dec 2024 | 3 Jan 2025 | +15 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 009974-2025-CP2528-24-1
- Signed
- 7 Mar 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 2: Work Activities which will include more extensive works such as path surfacing, drainage and bridge installation
- Signed
- 7 Mar 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
LOT 3 Technical Support
- Signed
- 7 Mar 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Service Groups A and B | 51bids · 51 electronic | 46 | — | £2,000,000 – £2,500,000 |
| 2 · LOT 2 Service Group C – Work Activities requiring the use of specialist plant and… | 46bids · 46 electronic | 41 | — | £2,900,000 – £3,800,000 |
| 3 · Lot 3 Work Activities requiring technical expertise such as path inspections (planned… | 25bids · 25 electronic | 22 | — | £100,000 – £500,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
61 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awardedThe first 50 of 61 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.
- AT Group (SW) LtdFramework contractor
- Acres Overland LtdFramework contractor
- Adam PhillipsFramework contractor
- Ainsty Timber Marketing LtdFramework contractor
- Anna Baness T/A Rooke LandscapesFramework contractor
- ArbocureFramework contractor
- Arborcure LtdFramework contractor
- B&J Locke LtdFramework contractor
- Banks Construction LtdFramework contractor
- Bark BuildsFramework contractor
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- Belstone Farm & Garden ServicesFramework contractor
- Belstone Farm & Garden ServicesFramework contractor
- Blackdown Contractors LtdFramework contractor
- Bridge Civil Engineering LtdFramework contractor
- Bridge Civil Engineering LtdFramework contractor
- Carey Valley Woodlands and Estate ManagementFramework contractor
- Climbers Way Treecare LtdFramework contractor
- Cormac Contracting LtdFramework contractor
- Countryside and GardenFramework contractor
- DTG Trees & Grounds LtdFramework contractor
- Dan Woollacott FencingFramework contractor
- Devon Groundworks and Construction LtdFramework contractor
- EVG Landscapes (SW) LimitedFramework contractor
- Environmental South WestFramework contractor
- Euroforest LtdFramework contractor
- Forestry and Garden ServicesFramework contractor
- GM Contractors Devon LtdFramework contractor
- GPM Countryside Services LtdFramework contractor
- Glendale Countryside LtdFramework contractor
- Glendale Countryside LtdFramework contractor
- Green Box Gardens DevonFramework contractor
- Handyman ExmouthFramework contractor
- Hartwood Timberworks LtdFramework contractor
- Hartwood Timberworks LtdFramework contractor
- I C WoollacottFramework contractor
- J A Ayre (Exe Valley Plant)Framework contractor
- J Brown Tree CareFramework contractor
- J Brown TreecareFramework contractor
- J M KeeneFramework contractor
- JW Baron EarthworksFramework contractor
- Justin Keene XVCFramework contractor
- K S FencingFramework contractor
- Kennford Tarmacadam LtdFramework contractor
- Land Solutions SW Ltd (formerly Garden & Countryside)Framework contractor
- Landscape Construction & DesignFramework contractor
- Marine & Civil Solutions LtdFramework contractor
- Mike GibsonFramework contractor
- PGM North Devon LtdFramework contractor
- PGM North Devon LtdFramework contractor
- Priorton Venn LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.