Official UK procurement notice
Grounds Maintenance Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: West Sussex County Council (Local council)
Sectors: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: South East (UKJ27)
Published estimate£1,300,000≈ £557k / year
Submissions closed 26 Feb 2025awarded 1 Jun 2025
Awarded to Chequers Contract Services Limited
Contract term 2 yrs 4 moends 30 Sept 2027 · extension options published · starts 1 Jun 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWest Sussex County Council (WSCC) has awarded a contract for Grounds Maintenance Services, including but not limited to :<br/>
- Grass cutting, regular, rough, occasional and box.<br/>
- Shrub bed maintenance<br/>
- Rose bed maintenance<br/>
- Obstacle strimming<br/>
- Fence line maintenance<br/>
- Litter picking<br/>
- Sweeping<br/>
- Hard surface spraying<br/>
- Hedge cutting/Tractor flail<br/>
- Annual bedding
CPV: Grounds maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,300,000
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
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Yes
- First published
- 27 Jan 2025, 16:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2025, 13:54 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Feb 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083875- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d690Find a Tender
Contract terms
- Electronic trading
- electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 26 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
26 Feb 2025 → 17 Dec 2025 · 5 dates- Submission deadline26 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened26 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until26 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published307 days ago17 Dec 2025, 13:54 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete17 Dec 2025, 13:54 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,300,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jun 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chequers Contract Services Limited | £1,300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 083875-2025-1 · Chequers Contract Services Limited
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- £1,300,000
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Cabinet Office - Public Procurement Review ServiceMediation bodyReview body
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Chequers Contract Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria