Official UK procurement notice
CT0889 Community Gardens · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA delivery partner to support the management, development and delivery of community gardens and food growing areas across all parts of the local authority for the benefit of Council tenants and other local residents, schools and young people.
- Recurrence: Early to mid 2025
CPV: Architectural design services · Civic betterment and community facility support services · Design consultancy services · Horticultural services · Landscape gardening services · Landscaping work · Landscaping work for gardens · Other community, social and personal services · Project and design preparation, estimation of costs · Project management consultancy services · Services furnished by social membership organisations · Supervision of project and documentation
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 3 bids received (3.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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: 70
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
This Section refers to Section B of Part IV of the SPD (Scotland).
Minimum: Part IV: Selection criteria - B: Economic and financial standing – Question 4B.1 - Tenderers are required to have a minimum “general” annual turnover of GBP 250,000 for the last two financial years. Where a Tenderer does not have an annual turnover of this value, the Council may …
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “CT0889 Community Gardens” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 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
- Yes · Early to mid 2025
- First published
- 19 May 2021, 10:45 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Nov 2021, 16:35 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Jun 2021 – …
- Authority reference
CT0889- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028506- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b294Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
This Framework Agreement contains a Community Benefits clause.
- Review procedure
A tenderer that suffers loss as a result of a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session. The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) will have a minimum standstill period of 10 days before awarding the contract. The communication of the award decision notice will be sent by fax or e-mail to all tenderers with the standstill period commencing on the next day. If proceedings are started in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session against the Council in respect of the decision to award the contract within the standstill period then the Council is prevented from awarding the contract. Post contract award the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session may (1) award damages provided proceedings are brought within 3 months from the date when the grounds for the bringing of the proceedings first arose (2) be entitled to issue an ineffectiveness order or impose a financial penalty on the Council. A claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 30 days of the Contract Award Notice being published in the FTS or within 30 days of the date those who expressed an interest in or otherwise bid for the contract were informed of the conclusion of the contract or in any other case within 6 months from the date on which the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:673785)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 22 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 150 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 22 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
22 Jun 2021 → 15 Nov 2021 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown22 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened22 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published15 Nov 2021, 16:35 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete15 Nov 2021, 16:35 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 028506-2021-CT0889-1
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2021
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Edible Estates CICFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria