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Published 6 Oct 2026, 14:33 BST

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Grass Cutting Contract — UK public procurement notice

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Kemble & Ewen Parish Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdConcessionSME suitable
Sectors: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)+6 more
Published estimate£30,000≈ £12k / year · £34,800 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 3 Nov 202615:00 GMT · 27d 23h left
Clarification cut-off 3 Nov 202615:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 yrs 7 mostarts 1 Mar 2027
Bids per lot · the market 4CPV 7731 · n=35 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of rural grass cutting in the Parish of Kemble and Ewen. The contract is for 3 years, from March 2027 until the end of October 2029. Areas to be cut are highlighted on the map and consist of various grass roadside verges in Kemble and Ewen, West Hay Green, Churchyard, Cemetery, Windmill Park playing field/playground in Kemble along with Pear Tree Cottage to Parkers Bridge and Windmill Park permissive paths

To accurately assess the areas to be cut, the Parish Council strongly suggest potential contractors walk the villages to see the area. The member of the Parish Council responsible for grass cutting is happy to be contacted for more information or accompany you on a village walk around. Please contact the clerk to arrange.

Mowed areas must be cut 14 times per annum (roughly fortnightly) to take place within the growing season between March and October the drainage ditch on the north side of the A429 near the traffic lights to be cut once annually late in the year.

CPV: Grounds maintenance services · Sports fields maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 2 yrs 7 moSMEPublished value£30,000
Contract period: 1 Mar 2027 — 1 Oct 2029 (2 yrs 7 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestTurnover guideline: ~£23,151/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£30,000 exc. VAT · £34,800 inc. VAT
77314000 Grounds maintenance services77320000 Sports fields maintenance services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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
  • Grass Cutting Contract

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

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

Planting and maintenance services of green areas (CPV 7731) in North East England — and who usually turns up

Kemble & Ewen Parish Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the North East England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Planting and maintenance services of green areas (CPV 7731) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Kemble & Ewen Parish Council

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in all categories

Kemble & Ewen Parish Council has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Planting and maintenance services of green areas (CPV 7731) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · delivery region

North East England · Planting and maintenance services of green areas (CPV 7731)

contract notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 55 in CPV 7731 (49 competed, 2 route not published) · 118 in division 77 (102 competed, 10 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7731), last 36 months: 35 lots. 17 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 8) and 18 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

4CPV 7731 · 36m · n=35 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7731), last 36 months: 35 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

6%CPV 7731 · 36m · n=35 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7731), last 36 months: 15 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

11% belowCPV 7731 · 36m · n=15 pairs
Deadline → award date
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.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7731), last 36 months: 10 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

24dCPV 7731 · 36m · n=10 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7731), last 36 months: 28 lots.

Last 36 months.

92%CPV 7731 · 36m · n=28 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7731), last 36 months: 49 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

92%CPV 7731 · 36m · n=49 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=35
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 35 lots on 20 contested notices · CPV 7731, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 6%
  • 2–3 37%
  • 4–6 20%
  • 7+ 37%

Middle value 4 · 35 lots on 20 contested notices · CPV 7731.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=15
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 15 lot pairs · CPV 7731, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 60%
  • Within ±2% 7%
  • Above estimate 33%

15 lot pairs · CPV 7731.

robust · n=15
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on the North East England market’s usual movement over 15 lots (CPV 7731), applied to the £30,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in North East England (CPV 7731, n=15 pairs) lands 11% below: on this notice’s £30,000 that is about £26,820, middle half £22,860–£31,260 (quartiles from North East England · CPV 7731). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Concession
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Oct 2026, 14:33 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2026, 14:33 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 24 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Grounds maintenance servicesSports fields maintenance 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 more
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0781cc Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via portal
Submission portal named on this notice: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Expression of interest (EOI)
—
Tender submission deadline
3 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
3 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
kembleandewen-pc.gov.uk ↗
Published estimate £30,000 excludes VAT (£34,800 including VAT).

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    6 Oct 2026, 14:33 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 28 days
    3 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadlinein 28 days
    3 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected byin 49 days
    24 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 145 days
    1 Mar 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    6 Oct 2026, 14:33 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Kemble & Ewen Parish Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYPT-2237-BVRX C/O Kemble Village Hall, Kemble, South West, GL7 6AF

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender