Official UK procurement notice
Grounds Maintenance Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: THE CONSORTIUM ACADEMY TRUST (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Consortium Academy Trust has awarded a further competition for Grounds Maintenance Services at 8 schools through the 881 Grounds Maintenance and Associated Services, Lot 1 - General Grounds Maintenance and - or core services, in use Support Services DPS" - unique reference number EPT-108910
CPV: Grounds maintenance services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Bids received
- 2 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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 sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 20%
- Added Value: 5%
- Cost: 65%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality: 20%
- Added Value: 5%
- Social Value: 10%
- Cost: 65%
- Price carries 65 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Grounds Maintenance Services” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Aug 2026, 09:33 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2026, 09:30 BST
- Authority reference
TCAT-00015 / YRN: EPT-108910- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086698- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e42bFind a Tender
Publisher note: Awarded under YPO/DPS 881 Grounds Maintenance and Associated Services, Lot 1: General Grounds Maintenance and or core services. Ref: EPT-108910/ TCAT-00015
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Grounds Maintenance Services
- Signed
- 7 Aug 2026
- Value
- £497,860
- Period
- … – 31 Aug 2028
- Status
- active
Contract 086698-2026-TCAT-I-00015-1
- Signed
- 7 Aug 2026
- Value
- £505,041
- Period
- … – 31 Aug 2028
- Status
- active
- Change Due to unforeseen circumstances, the contract commenced on 10/08/2026 instead of the originally planned start date of 01/09/2026., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the contract commenced on 10/08/2026 instead of the originally planned start date of 01/09/2026.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
1 commercial party on the notice- Timbercare Tree & Grounds Maintenance Services LtdAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.