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Published 18 Oct 2026, 10:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Gardening and Landscaping Contract

Authority: Wickersley Parish Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Published estimate£30,000≈ £10k / year · £30,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 20 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 32d 13h left
Clarification cut-off 30 Oct 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING CONTRACT 2027 - 2030

We invite Expressions of Interest from contractors wanting to tender for Wickersley Parish Council's Gardening and Landscaping Contract from 1st April 2027 until 31st March 2030.

Please apply for a tender specification pack and include brief details of relevant experience, company profile and activity to the Clerk, by email at [email protected] or by post at Wickersley Parish Council, Wickersley Community Centre & Library, 286 Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham S66 1JJ.

If you have any questions, please phone 01709 703270 or e-mail [email protected].

CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Other community, social and personal services · Recreational, cultural and sporting services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

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 are scored

Lot awarding rule: Quality Information/Depth & length of relevant experience Staff Qualifications & Training Health & Safety Policy & supporting Information Other Policies e.g. Environment Waste Carriers License Safe use of pesticides References Pricing

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £19,982 (twice the annual value).

Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural services (CPV 77) in North East England, and who usually turns up

Wickersley Parish Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural services (CPV 77) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bidWhat to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Market: division 77 · North East England, n=64
88%

Across this market, small firms won 88% of awards with a known supplier size.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in North East England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Market: division 77 · North East England, n=99
29%

Across this market, 29% of winners were registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Market: division 77 · North East England, n=19
28 days

Half of these awards were announced within 28 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Market: division 77 · North East England, n=67
28%

Across this market, at least 28% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

The market52 lots with bid counts · division 77 · North East England
10% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid10%
Market: 5 of 52 lots with published bid counts.
2–329%
Market: 15 of 52 lots with published bid counts.
4–633%
Market: 17 of 52 lots with published bid counts.
7+29%
Market: 15 of 52 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

The market25 lots with estimate and award · division 77 · North East England
52% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate52%
Market: 13 of 25 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%16%
Market: 4 of 25 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate32%
Market: 8 of 25 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #136 monthsPublished estimate£30k
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 52 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet10% single-bid risk
Past bids on 52 similar lots
1 bid10%
5 of 52 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–329%
15 of 52 similar past lots received 2–3 (29%).
4–633%
17 of 52 similar past lots received 4–6 (33%).
7+29%
15 of 52 similar past lots received 7+ (29%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £30k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

No supplier with a record in this category fits this lot yet.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Oct 2026, 10:07 BST
Last source update
18 Oct 2026, 10:07 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098235
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural servicesOther community, social and personal servicesRecreational, cultural and sporting services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078a39 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via portal
Submission portal named on this notice: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowed
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £30,000 excludes VAT (£30,000 including VAT).

Timeline

18 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published1 day ago
    18 Oct 2026, 10:07 BST
  2. Today
    18 Oct 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 12 days
    30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 33 days
    20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 164 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Oct 2026, 10:07 BST
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wickersley Parish Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLBG-8785-BYQZ 286 Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham, Yorkshire & Humber, S66 1JJContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender