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Published 7 Oct 2024, 12:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CP2550-24 Devon County Council Corporate Grounds Maintenance Contract

Official notice

Authority: Devon County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,000,000≈ £167k / year
Submissions closed 14 Nov 2024awarded 11 Dec 2024
Awarded to LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTD
Contract term 6 yrsends 31 Dec 2030 · starts 1 Jan 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a contract to provide grounds maintenance services to DCC . The contract will consist primarily of grass cutting and hedge cutting.

CPV: Horticultural services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 6 yrs
Contract period: 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2030 (6 yrs)
Delivery: South West
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
Price: 200
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Price: 100
  • price: 100
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price: 100%
  • Price: 100%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 200 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 20 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Oct 2024, 12:59 BST
Last source update
11 Dec 2024, 10:56 GMT
Award evaluation window
14 Nov 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN735579
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-039877
Classification (CPV)
Horticultural services
Delivery area
South West (UKK43)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a649 Find 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 operators should be aware that even where they have indicated that information is 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
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
14 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
14 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Nov 2024 → 1 Jan 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    14 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    11 Dec 2024, 10:56 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jan 2025

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Dec 2024, 10:56 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Dec 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTD——Awarded

Contracts

  • CP2550-24 Devon County Council Corporate Grounds Maintenance Contract · LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTD

    Signed
    11 Dec 2024
    Value
    —
    Period
    … – 31 Dec 2030
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
This is a contract to provide grounds maintenance services to DCC3bids · 3 electronic0—£400,000 – £925,000
Whole notice———£400,000 – £925,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Devon County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, South West, EX2 4QDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High Court of JusticeReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.