Official UK procurement notice
NSS212209/c Landscaping Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNSS is seeking to put in place an Agreement for the provision of landscaping services across eight sites. The sites comprise of offices, distribution centres and a Scottish National Blood Transfusion site and the landscaping requirements vary from site to site.
- Recurrence: Retender would be estimated for summer 2026.
CPV: Grassing services · Hedge trimming · Landscape gardening services · Landscape protection services · Planting and maintenance services of green areas · Snow-clearing services · Tree pruning and hedge trimming · Trees · Weed-clearance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1NSS is seeking to put in place an Agreement for the provision of landscaping services…AwardedRenewalPublished value£750,000
NSS is seeking to put in place an Agreement for the provision of landscaping services across eight sites.
The sites comprise of offices, distribution centres and a Scottish National Blood Transfusion site.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Technical & professional ability
The Qualification Questionnaire includes the requirement to submit three relevant case studies
Minimum: Bidders must demonstrate that they have the experience to fulfill the requirement as detailed in the ITT. Each case study must achieve a pass
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Yes · Retender would be estimated for summer 2026.
- First published
- 23 Nov 2021, 13:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Mar 2022, 15:43 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Dec 2021 – …
- Authority reference
NSS9212209/c- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005738- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f947Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the Framework Agreement has been entered into will not affect the Framework Agreement unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise the remedies that may be awarded by the courts where the Framework Agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages
Publisher note: (SC Ref:685113)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 23 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
23 Dec 2021 → 1 Apr 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline23 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened23 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published2 Mar 2022, 15:43 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 Mar 2022, 15:43 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP Plantscape Limited | £1,146,496 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 005738-2022-NSS212209/c-1 · GP Plantscape Limited
- Signed
- 17 Feb 2022
- Value
- £1,146,496
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview contact point
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- GP Plantscape LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria