Official UK procurement notice
Grounds Maintenance Contract 2027 to 2032
Authority: Harbury Parish Council (Local council)
Tenders are invited to provide full grounds maintenance services in the villages of Harbury and Deppers Bridge. This will include grass cutting of village greens and roadside verges, play areas and cemetery; litter and leaf collection; hedge cutting and basic tree and shrub maintenance; weed control; maintenance of benches and noticeboards.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTenders are invited to provide full grounds maintenance services in the villages of Harbury and Deppers Bridge. This will include grass cutting of village greens and roadside verges, play areas and cemetery; litter and leaf collection; hedge cutting and basic tree and shrub maintenance; weed control; maintenance of benches and noticeboards. Full details may be obtained from the parish council office, tel 01926 614646. Sealed tenders to be received by 12 noon on Monday 30 November 2026.
CPV: Planting and maintenance services of green areas · Tree pruning and hedge trimming
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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).
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: The best (i.e. lowest) price receives the maximum score available in this section. The remaining bids receive a score pro rata to the best price using the following calculation: (lowest Bid / Tenderer's Bid) x maximum points available (i.e. 60) The score will then be added to the quality score to achieve an overall tender scoring placement.
- Quality: Each "Quality Statement" (1 - 8 on the quality questionnaire form), shall be scored 1 - 5 up to a maximum of 40 points as follows: Score Description Explanation 1 Fails to meet criteria The response does not meet the requirements, lacks evidence, and is insufficient or irrelevant. 2 Partially meets criteria The response addresses some aspects of the requirements but is incomplete, weak, or supported by limited evidence. 3 Meets criteria The response meets the requirements adequately, provides sufficient evidence, and addresses the key points of the criteria. 4 Meets criteria and exceeds in some areas The response goes beyond the basic requirements in some areas, is clear, detailed, and supported by good evidence. 5 Exceeds criteria The response significantly exceeds the requirements, is exceptionally clear, detailed, and supported by comprehensive evidence.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £25,972 (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 Harbury Parish Council buys Planting and maintenance services of green areas (CPV 7731), and who usually turns up
Harbury Parish Council has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Planting and maintenance services of green areas (CPV 7731) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Across this market, small firms won 82% of awards with a known supplier size.
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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.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 70% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 47 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.
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.
Across this market, at least 24% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
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 bid14%
2–333%
4–633%
7+20%
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 estimate42%
Within ±2%29%
Above estimate29%
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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 77Published estimate£65k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 77. The comparison uses that group.
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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 540 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid15%
2–329%
4–631%
7+25%
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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.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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
- 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
- 3 Nov 2026, 11:28 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2026, 11:28 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-104116- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079661Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Send tenders in a sealed envelope marked "Grounds Maintenance Tender" to:
Harbury Parish Council
Unit 2, Bull Ring Business Centre
Church Terrace
Harbury
Leamington Spa
CV33 9HL
Timeline
3 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published2h ago3 Nov 2026, 11:28 GMT
- Today3 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 20 days23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 26 days30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 148 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Nov 2026, 11:28 GMTUK4
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 (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Pricing Schedule
- Bidding documents and specifications Quality Questionnaire and Evaluation Form
- Bidding documents and specifications DRAFT Contract
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to tender
- Bidding documents and specifications Insurance and Qualifications Information
- Bidding documents and specifications Village Greens Map
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender