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Published 28 Apr 2023, 15:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Elderpark Housing Association - Landscape Maintenance Contract 2023-2025

Official notice

Authority: Elderpark Housing Association (Housing)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£300,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 30 May 2023awarded 30 Jul 2025
Awarded to Digby Landscaping

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Contract will principally comprise litter picking, grass cutting, leaf collection, tree, shrub bed, planters and hedging landscape maintenance services to existing properties and common landscaped areas throughout Elderpark, Govan, Ibrox, Cessnock and Kinning Park, Glasgow to the areas detailed within the Landscape Architects tender drawings and Elderpark Housing Association’s property address list (refer Tender Document K – Elderpark HA Address List). The Contract may also include an annual tree survey service, tree and stump removal works, and repairs to existing damaged grass areas.

The Contract may also include Elderpark Housing Association’s ‘helpline’ garden maintenance scheme involving landscape maintenance to gardens of elderly residents. However, this work is provisional and not guaranteed, and Bidder’s rates for the ‘helpline’ garden scheme will not be taken into account in the tender evaluation.The commencement date for the Measured Term Contract is currently estimated to be 1st July 2023 and the completion date is 30th June 2025.

Subject to satisfactory performance of the Contractor, which will be assessed through measurement of the Key Performance Indicator’s (Refer Tender Document F), it is intended that the Contract will be extended on an annual basis by a maximum of two further years until 2027. Orders for future landscape maintenance services may be placed by Elderpark Housing Association during Year Thee, Year Four or at any point until expiry of the Measured Term Contract (maximum of four years from the date of entering into the Contract).

  • Recurrence: 2024 at the earliest if the optional 12 month extensions are not applied

CPV: Grounds maintenance services · Landscape gardening services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The procurement is being undertaken in accordance with Regulation 28 'Open Procedure'…AwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000

The procurement is being undertaken in accordance with Regulation 28 'Open Procedure' of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Delivery: Scotland · Govan, Elderpark, Ibrox, Cessnock and KInning Park, Glasgow
Extensions: May take up option of twelve month extensions up to a maximum of two further years (2025-2027) at an estimated value 75000 GBP (excluding VAT) per annum.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: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    Please refer to these statements when completing Section 4A of the SPD Scotland.

    4A.1 - If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country

    in which they are established.

    4A.2 - Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the

    relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or

    memberships

  • Economic & financial standing

    Please refer to these statements when completing Section 4B of the SPD (Scotland) v1.2_0.

    Question 4B.1.1 - Bidders will be required to have a minimum 'general' yearly turnover of 150000 GBP for the last two years.

    Question 4B.1.2 - Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 150000 GBP for the last two years.

    Question 4B.3 - Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date

    which they were set up or started trading.

    4B.5.1 and 4B.5.2 - It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any

    subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurances indicated below:

    Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP Public Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP

  • Technical & professional ability

    4C.8.1 - Bidders will be required to confirm their average annual manpower for the last three years.

    4C.8.2 - Bidders will be required to confirm their and the number of managerial staff for the last three years.

    4C.9 - Bidders will be required to demonstrate that they have (or have access to) the relevant tools, plant or technical equipment to deliver

    the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4 in the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.

    4C.10 - Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract. Minimum

    level(s) of standards required:

    SPD Scotland, Part C Technical and Professional Ability - Bidders responses to Part C of the SPD will be limited to a maximum of nine A4

    single sided pages, excluding any certification that a Bidder submits in support of their response, which must be completed in English using

    Arial 11 font

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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 · 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
Yes · 2024 at the earliest if the optional 12 month extensions are not applied
First published
28 Apr 2023, 15:44 BST
Last source update
30 Jul 2025, 12:52 BST
Award evaluation window
30 May 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-044243
Classification (CPV)
Grounds maintenance servicesLandscape gardening services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c53e Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

The performance of the successful Bidder will be monitored through the Key Performance Indicators described within Tender Document F

Key Performance Indicators attached to this Contract Notice.

Where performance falls below the minimum acceptable level during the Contract, the successful Bidder will be required to produce a

Remedial Plan for the approval of Elderpark Housing Association.

Failure to produce a Remedial Plan or implement an approved Remedial Plan will be deemed to be a breach of the Contract, which may

lead to the termination of the successful Bidder's Contract.

Publisher note: The award value of 70889.62GBP is the anticipated annual value of the contract excluding VAT (SC Ref:805806)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
30 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
30 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 May 2023 → 30 Jul 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    30 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    30 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    30 Jul 2025, 12:52 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Jul 2025, 12:52 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £70,8901 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Digby LandscapingSME£70,890 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 044243-2025-1 · Digby LandscapingSME

    Signed
    30 Jul 2025
    Value
    £70,890
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Elderpark Housing Association

Contracting authorityHousingRegistered Social LandlordHousing and community amenities 65 Golspie Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G51 3AXContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Glasgow
Process and specification contact points (1)
  • A.D.A Construction ConsultantsProcess contact point Paisley, ScotlandContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Digby LandscapingAwarded supplier 8 Wallace Road, Renfrew, Renfrew, UK, PA2 7EPContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.