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Published 21 Feb 2025, 09:32 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Homes England - Lodge Hill Landscape Maintenance and Cleansing Contract 2025 -2030

Official notice

Authority: Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£671,000exc. VAT18.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 24 Mar 2025awarded 2 Feb 2026
Awarded to FGS Agri Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Homes England is currently seeking to appoint a competent Supplier for the provision of landscape maintenance and cleansing services at the Lodge Hill Site, Chattenden, Kent.

The contract is anticipated to start 01 April 2026. Completion is anticipated to 31 March 2029 with two optional +1 year extensions to 31 March 2031.

Typical planned Services under this contract comprise of but are not exclusively limited to the following:

  • Site inspections, whereby the Supplier shall indicate; all matters relating to the maintenance specification, recommendations for necessary Service, incidences of vandalism, fly tipping, trespass and adjustments to the scheduled Service;
  • Aquatic Plant Maintenance;
  • Shrub Maintenance;
  • Grass Cutting;
  • Weed Control; and
  • Cleansing.

This contract is a performance based, the performance of which will be monitored via Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)

CPV: Grounds maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£671,000
Delivery: South East
Variant 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
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price: 60
  • Quality: 40
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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 · publisher note attached
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Feb 2025, 09:32 GMT
Last source update
2 Feb 2026, 10:30 GMT
Award evaluation window
24 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
DN760051
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-008814
Classification (CPV)
Grounds maintenance services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e5e4 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As stated in the procurement documents

Publisher note: The opportunity can be accessed via the Homes England e-Tendering system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through Homes England's e-Tendering system. If not already registered, Suppliers must register https://procontract.due-north.com/Login Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. The privacy notice aims to give you information on how Homes England collects and processes personal data provided to us, including information that you provide directly, and tell you about your rights and how the law protects you. Please refer to our Privacy Notice at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter for further information. The estimate stated at II.1.5 and II.2.6 is the mid value of the contract estimate of £604,000.00 - £738,000.00

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
24 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
24 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Mar 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    24 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
  3. Notice published267 days ago
    2 Feb 2026, 10:30 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Feb 2026, 10:30 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    2 Feb 2026, 10:30 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £547,2531 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 53 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
FGS Agri Ltd£547,253 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 008814-2026-1 · FGS Agri Ltd

    Signed
    2 Feb 2026
    Value
    £547,253
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)

Contracting authorityPublic bodyNational or federal agency/officeHousing and community amenities 2nd Floor, The Lumen, St James Boulevard, Newcastle Helix, Newcastle Upon Tyne, South East, NE4 5BZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • FGS Agri LtdAwarded supplier Stanford Bridge Farm, Station Road, Pluckley, South East, TN27 0RU

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria