Official UK procurement notice
Grounds Maintenance, Specialist Countryside and Arboricultural Works Framework
Authority: Carmarthenshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Carmarthenshire County Council wishes to establish a new framework for the provision of grounds maintenance, specialist countryside and arboricultural works across the county. These might include, but are not limited to:
- Specialist Countryside Works
- Grounds & Landscaping Services
- Arboricultural Works
- Ecological Consultancy
Please note that at this stage the framework's lotting structure and the works/services required have not yet been confirmed. Carmarthenshire County Council reserves the right to amend the framework and its requirements up until the tender is published.
CPV: Agricultural supplies · Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Construction materials · Environmental improvement works · Environmental management · Environmental protection · Environmental services · Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work · Footbridge construction work · Grounds maintenance services · Landscaping work · Landscaping work for parks · +5 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 1 Jan 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no 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).
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).
- “Grounds Maintenance, Specialist Countryside and Arboricultural Works…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Carmarthenshire County Council buys Planting and maintenance services of green areas (CPV 7731), and who usually turns up
Carmarthenshire County Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Planting and maintenance services of green areas (CPV 7731) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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.
Here, local means registered in Wales (Cymru).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 31 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.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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 bid10% / 30%
2–375% / 44%
4–615% / 0%
7+0% / 26%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
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.
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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 7731Published estimate£2.5m
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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 27 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid30%
2–344%
4–60%
7+26%
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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.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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.
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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.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Jul 2026, 12:42 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075743- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c97aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
13 Jul 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published100 days ago13 Jul 2026, 12:42 BST
- Latest notice published72 days ago10 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST
- Market engagement68 days ago13 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
CANCELLATION OF MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Due to the exceptionally high level of interest received from businesses and consultants wishing to attend the upcoming marketing engagement event, we have reviewed the venue arrangements and concluded that the current venue will not have sufficient capacity to accommodate all interested parties. As a result, we will be cancelling and rescheduling the event in due course. This will be updated on the Sell2Wales platform and a new Eventbrite will be issues confirming the details.
We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused
- Tender notice expected19 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 72 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jul 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Jul 2026, 12:42 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Aug 2026, 15:57 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Aug 2026, 13:40 BSTUK2
Published amendments (2)
CANCELLATION OF MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT SCHEDULED FOR 13TH AUGUST 2026 IN THE BEACON LLANELLI. Due to the exceptionally high level of interest received from businesses and consultants wishing to attend the upcoming marketing engagement event, we have reviewed the venue arrangements and concluded that the current venue will not have sufficient capacity to accommodate all interested parties. As a r…
CANCELLATION OF MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT SCHEDULED FOR 13TH AUGUST 2026 IN THE BEACON LLANELLI. Due to the exceptionally high level of interest received from businesses and consultants wishing to attend the upcoming marketing engagement event, we have reviewed the venue arrangements and concluded that the current venue will not have sufficient capacity to accommodate all interested parties. As a r…
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender