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Grounds and amenities maintenance contract

Buyer: Thrapston Town Council →

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BuyerThrapston Town Council
StatusClosed
Deadline20 Feb 2026
Value£325,000
Published8 Jan 2026

What is being bought

To undertake the grounds maintenance in the town for a three year contract, including mowing, hedgerows, trees, litter, hanging baskets and planters. Also to include cemetery work.

Delivery location

UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKE, GB · UKF, GB · UKG, GB · UKH, GB · UKI, GB · UKJ, GB · UKK, GB

Categories

Horticultural services 77300000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£325,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (50%)
Experience and track record (15%)
Workforce (10%)
Health and safety (15%)
Environmental management (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Horticultural servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 77. The category anchor is Horticultural services (77300000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 779776 median · 23.9 average (314 of 977 with a bid count)4.2 average (326 of 977 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC815.5 median · 70.8 average (16 of 81 with a bid count)5.5 average (17 of 81 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1049 median · 9.3 average (4 of 104 with a bid count)2.3 average (4 of 104 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0601cc
Latest release ID001429-2026
Latest release timestampThu Jan 08 2026 12:12:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001429-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-02-20T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-02-18T12:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-03-17T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailswww.thrapstontowncouncil.gov.uk email: clerk@thrapstontowncouncil.gov.uk postal: Thrapston Town Council, 77 High Street, Thrapston NN14 4JJ
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£325,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
8 Jan 2026tender001429-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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