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Published 19 Mar 2021, 16:24 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES Comprising LOTS relating to: Grounds Maintenance; Cemetery Maintenance and Burials; Trees and Hedges

Official notice

Authority: East Staffordshire Borough Council (Local council)

3 lotsServicesRestricted procedureMax 3 lots per supplier
Published estimate£12,050,000total for 3 lots
Submissions closed 19 Apr 2021
Lots 3max 3 won per supplier

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

East Staffordshire Borough Council is seeking organisations to provide grounds maintenance services including burials and emergency works.

There are three Lots:

Lot 1: Grounds Maintenance

Lot 2: Cemetery Grounds Maintenance and Burials

Lot 3: Trees and Hedges

The Authority is therefore seeking suitably qualified organisations to bid for a single Lot or a combination of Lots.

The proposed Contract is for an initial term of five (5) years with the option to extend for up to a further five (5) years.

The contract is due to commence from 1st November 2021.

CPV: Cemetery maintenance services · Cemetery services · Cemetery services and cremation services · Cemetery works · Ground-drainage work · Grounds maintenance services · Hedge trimming · Tree pruning · Tree pruning and hedge trimming · Tree-cutting services · Tree-maintenance services

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · all with a published value (£12,050,100 together) · win at most 3 of them
Lot #1Cemetery Grounds Maintenance and BurialsPublished value£1,100,100

Lot 2 is a contract for an organisation to provide grounds maintenance services and burials at Stapenhill and Rolleston cemetery:

•Burial works

•Grass cutting and maintenance

•Shrub bed maintenance, reinstatement and new works

•Hedge maintenance, reinstatement and new works

•Herbaceous bed maintenance and new works

•Hanging baskets and planters

•Chemical control

•Furniture fittings and fences

•Litter picking

•Emptying and cleansing of litter bins

•Winter gritting

The proposed Contract is for an initial term of five (5) years with the option to extend up to a further five (5) years.

The contract is due to commence from 1st November 2021.

Delivery: West Midlands · Shropshire and Staffordshire
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Trees and HedgesPublished value£950,000

Lot 3 is a contract for an organisation to provide arboriculture services including emergency works:

•Hedge maintenance, reinstatement and new works

•Tree maintenance

•Emergency works

The proposed Contract is for an initial term of five (5) years with the option to extend up to a further five (5) years.

The contract is due to commence from 1st November 2021.

Delivery: West Midlands · Shropshire and Staffordshire
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Grounds MaintenancePublished value£10,000,000

Lot 1 is a contract for an organisation to provide grounds maintenance services at the Authority’s open spaces in East Staffordshire including emergency works and winter gritting on Council car parks and land drainage.

This lot has particular focus on:

•Grass cutting and maintenance

•Pitch preparation and maintenance (leisure)

•Shrub bed maintenance, reinstatement and new works

•Herbaceous bed maintenance and new works

•Summer and spring beds and hanging baskets

•Chemical control

•Play site inspections and maintenance

•Furniture fittings and fences

•Litter picking

•Bin emptying and cleansing

•Filling and delivery of sandbags during flooding incidents

•Opening and locking of car park barriers

•Winter gritting

•Emergency works

•Land Drainage

The proposed Contract is for an initial term of five (5) years with the option to extend up to a further five (5) years.

The contract is due to commence from 1st November 2021. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6S23WV26XS ↗

Delivery: West Midlands · Shropshire and Staffordshire
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documents.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
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
19 Mar 2021, 16:24 GMT
Last source update
19 Mar 2021, 16:24 GMT
Authority reference
2021/03/GM
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-005658
Classification (CPV)
Cemetery maintenance servicesCemetery servicesCemetery services and cremation servicesCemetery worksGround-drainage workGrounds maintenance servicesHedge trimmingTree pruningTree pruning and hedge trimmingTree-cutting services
+1 moreTree-maintenance services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029d8b Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As stated in the procurement documents.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Follow the Council's Complaints Procedure. Information is available by visiting:

www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/comments-compliments… ↗

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Burton-upon-Trent:-Grounds-maintenance-services./6S23WV26XS To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6S23WV26XS GO Reference: GO-2021319-PRO-17958790

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
19 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline

Timeline

19 Mar 2021 → 14 May 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    19 Mar 2021, 16:24 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    19 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    14 May 2021, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Staffordshire Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Burton Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton upon Trent, West Midlands, DE14 2EBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria