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# FTS 041 Landscaping Services - Moray

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fts-041-landscaping-services-moray-ocds-h6vhtk-04d5a1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Highlands and Islands Enterprise: "FTS 041 Landscaping Services - Moray". Published status: complete. Published Value: £296,382. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Highlands and Islands Enterprise](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/highlands-and-islands-enterprise-GB-FTS-1479)
- **Published Value:** £296,382 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 February 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Grounds maintenance services, Horticultural services, Landscape gardening services, Landscaping work, Snow-clearing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM62
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £266,408 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fts-041-landscaping-services-moray-ocds-h6vhtk-04d5a1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04d5a1`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fts-041-landscaping-services-moray-ocds-h6vhtk-04d5a1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fts-041-landscaping-services-moray-ocds-h6vhtk-04d5a1#participate

## Description
THIS IS AN AWARD OF CONTRACT NOTICE - HIE requires a suitable qualified and experienced supplier to provide hard and soft landscaping and winter maintenance services at:
Horizon Scotland (Business Centre), The Apex (HIE's Moray office), Strathcona House, Unit 9 (shortly to open as the Manufacturing Innovation Centre), the common areas of the Enterprise Park Forres.
Services will include grass and shrub cutting, weed removal, car park maintenance and winter gritting/snow clearance.
It is expected that these services will be required from 1st May 2025 for an initial period of 3 years with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 year following the Initial Term.
The initial 3-year budget available to deliver the services is between GBP195,000 and GBP222,500 (excluding VAT).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45112700, 71421000, 77300000, 90620000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £296,382
- **Description:** THIS IS AN AWARD OF CONTRACT NOTICE - HIE requires a suitable qualified and experienced supplier to provide hard and soft landscaping and winter maintenance services at:
Enterprise Park Forres, The Apex, Horizon Scotland, Unit 9, Strathcona House, Fo...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 014236-2025-FTS041-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Higher Ground Community Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-42078`
  - Value: £266,408 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 014236-2025-FTS041-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £266,408
  - Signed Date: 09/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014236-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-10T10:36:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T14:57:06.553Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04d5a1