Official UK procurement notice
Grounds Maintenance at WMFRA Sites 2026 - 2030
Authority: West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGrounds Maintenance services for WMFRA 2026 - 2030
CPV: Grounds maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£400,000
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £399,453 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority buys Planting and maintenance services of green areas (CPV 7731), and who usually turns up
West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. 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) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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 West Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in West Midlands.
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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.
Half of these awards were announced within 25 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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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.
1 bid0% / 36%
2–36% / 10%
4–60% / 18%
7+94% / 36%
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.
Below estimate71% / 71%
Within ±2%14% / 13%
Above estimate14% / 17%
Assess each lot i
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.
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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 #1CPV 7731Published estimate£400k
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–316%
4–611%
7+68%
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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.
Based on 9 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£321k–£400k
Estimate£400k
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.
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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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £33m22 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 8 live · £2.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=8 | |
idverde LtdLarge | £65m38 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 18 live · £49m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=14 |
| £124m14 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 6 live · £54m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 2% below n=8 | |
| £3.6m19 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 2 live · £57k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=11 | |
M&BG LtdSME | £1.3m2 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 1 live · £1.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 41% below n=2 |
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 earlier-work matches 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
- 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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Sept 2026, 16:35 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 14:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
C6099- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093395- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0774ccFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 2 Nov 2026, 18:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Sept 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published35 days ago17 Sept 2026, 16:35 BST
- Market engagement26 days ago26 Sept 2026, 00:59 BST
The purpose of this pre-market engagement exercise is to gauge suppliers' appetite for this contract whilst alerting the market to this upcoming opportunity.
This is a desktop engagement with no in-person events being held.
If you are interested in this opportunity please submit answers to the following questions to [email protected] no later than 17:00 on Friday 25th September 2026.
- West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority's estate comprises 38 Fire Stations spread across Birmingham, the Black Country and Coventry & Solihull, a training facility and a Headquarters site. Please confirm if this geography is serviceable for you or your company.
- A non-exhaustive list of the required services is included below. Please confirm if you or your company can provide these services:
Grass maintenance and the maintenance of all grassed areas,
The supply, planting, and maintenance of floral displays.
Regular Litter picking,
The maintenance of hedges, shrubs, trees, woodlands, and other vegetation.
Tree surgery - To work at heights to clear and cut back and down any shrubbery and trees of varying heights, overgrowing and overhanging boards to protect fencing, boarders, building roofing, guttering, gates and barriers, cameras and parking bays etc. To do the same work where boarder walls and fencing are also of a height - e.g. Sutton Coldfield boundary wall with top fencing, running on right from front to rear gate. Ward End station wall running to right from front gate and around entire perimeter.
Removal of fallen trees as and when needed.
To keep all Fire exits, exits and entry ways to building clear of all moss and overgrown shrubs and trees.
Occasional work to cut back and down trees and shrubs overhanging boarders to public footpaths and public rights of way.
Clearence and removal of weeds and moss from within RTA training areas on station.
General leaf and moss removal and clearance.
Spraying regimes for the treating and specialist removal of non-native invasive species listed on Wildlife & Countryside Act (as amended) Schedule 9 Part 2. Invasive species that may be present across all or some site, but not limited to, include Mares Tail, Cotoneasters Horizontal etc Equisetum etc.
Removal and clearance of ivy etc from walls and fencing.
Jet washing and scrubbing and clearing of areas of block paved, slabbed pathways etc.
All waste, and debris is to be removed from site.
- Please provide an approximate annual price for this service. Please note this is not binding and if you decide to bid for the subsequent tender the responses you give here will not form part of the contract terms. A new price will need to be given at the time of bidding.
Thank you for your interest.
- Tender notice published20 days ago2 Oct 2026, 14:15 BST
- Clarification questions by3 days ago19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 11 days2 Nov 2026, 18:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 23 days13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 40 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Sept 2026, 16:35 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published2 Oct 2026, 14:15 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active2 Oct 2026, 14:15 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Oct 2026, 14:15 BST
- Deadline published: 2 Nov 2026, 18:00 GMT2 Oct 2026, 14:15 BST
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
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender