Official UK procurement notice
Gardening Contract · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ellesmere Town Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide Gardening Services as follows: -
Shrubs on the Inner Relief Roads - Willow Street and Talbot Street x 3:
These beds are to be kept weed free and neat. The second bed from the Church Street end is now included in this contract.
Maintenance of Planters and Hanging Baskets:
20 Large Planters on Poles
6 Hay Baskets in Willow Street
2 Large Hay Baskets back of Cross St Toilets
4 Planting tubs in front of Town Hall
1 Planting tub at the rear of the Town Hall
4 Hanging Baskets on front of the Town Hall
All above items are to be watered and maintained, after being erected by the Nursery and then emptied at the end of the season and stored at Ellesmere Town Hall. All waste is to be disposed of.
Wharf Square by Tesco:
To maintain this area to keep it litter free.
Ellesmere Town Hall:
From April - March to cut lawns, prune shrubs, trees, cut and maintain hedges. During the winter months to clear the leaves when required. To treat moss regularly. To maintain and keep tidy all the grounds and to ensure all waste is disposed of. Extra gardening work may be called upon during the year.
St. Mary's Churchyard:
To ensure the pathway around the War Memorial is weed and moss free before Remembrance Sunday for the Parade.
This Contract is to run from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029.
Insurance:
Public Liability must be held and produced to the Council at the time of activation of this agreement.
CPV: Landscape gardening services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 1 Apr 2026
- Scheme runs until
- 31 Mar 2029
Published description of the framework
Ellesmere Town Council will look to the contract to deliver good value for money whilst retaining a high standard of work.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£30,000
What 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).
Lot awarding rule: Ellesmere Town Council will look at locality of value for money for the services being tendered for.
- “Gardening Contract” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMT
- Authority reference
ETC-Gardening 2026-2029- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078538- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ec0fFind a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- E11000005
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
1 Dec 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published325 days ago1 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMT
- Clarification questions by321 days ago5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends314 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts205 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published1 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender