Official UK procurement notice
Grounds Maintenance · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Chesterfield Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF)
Published estimate£84,000≈ £42k / year · £100,800 inc. VAT17.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Aug 2026awarded 8 Oct 2026
Awarded to Clear Grow Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionChesterfield Borough Council is looking to procure a Grounds maintenance contract for the Council's commercial investment property portfolio.
CPV: Planting and maintenance services of green areas
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£84,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical capability and quality: 30%
- Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical capability and quality
- Price
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 19 Jun 2026, 12:39 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 15:54 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-058029- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b904Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Enter your bid into the Proactis tender portal by uploading the following documents.
- Form A - Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ)
- Form B - Technical capability, quality questionnaire
- Form B.2 - Social value questionnaire
- Form C - Price Schedule
- Form D - Form of Tender
- Form E - Confidentiality - Commercially Sensitive Information
- Form F - Non collusion and non-canvassing
Timeline
19 Jun 2026 → 12 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published124 days ago19 Jun 2026, 12:39 BST
- Clarification questions by99 days ago14 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline65 days ago17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts50 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published9 days ago12 Oct 2026, 15:54 BST
Notice history
10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jun 2026- Tender notice published19 Jun 2026, 12:39 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published9 Jul 2026, 10:57 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST9 Jul 2026, 10:57 BST+7 days · was 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published28 Jul 2026, 11:03 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 7 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST28 Jul 2026, 11:03 BST+7 days · was 31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published3 Aug 2026, 13:21 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST3 Aug 2026, 13:21 BST+10 days · was 7 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract award notice published12 Oct 2026, 15:54 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete12 Oct 2026, 15:54 BST
- Contract signature expected21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Extended the submissions deadline
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-07: 1 release · 9 Jul 2026
- 2026-06: 1 release · 19 Jun 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £69,6001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1815 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Grow LtdSME1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2028 · up to 31 Oct 2030Extensions: Two further options to extend for a further 12 months each should the Council wish to take this extension. | £69,600 | 8 Oct 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18final-stage tenders | 15 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Clear Grow LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender