Official UK procurement notice
Oxford Burial Meadow · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Oxford City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Published estimate£1,400,000≈ £560k / year · 1 value update14.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 6 Feb 2026awarded 12 Jun 2026
Awarded to Blakedown Landscapes (SE) Limited
Contract term 2 yrs 6 moends 19 Oct 2028 · starts 20 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA new naturalistic burial ground with new vehicle access, path networks, furniture and signage, with soft landscape comprising of native woodland, hedgerows, and seeding and establishment of wildflower meadows to allow for burial plots to be created throughout the site over a period of 40 years.
CPV: Landscape architectural services · Landscape gardening services · Landscaping work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,400,000
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
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Nov 2025, 17:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jun 2026, 15:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
OCC000901- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-077871- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ea95Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
27 Nov 2025 → 15 Jun 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published333 days ago27 Nov 2025, 17:16 GMT
- Clarification questions by280 days ago19 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline262 days ago6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by250 days ago18 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts190 days ago20 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent134 days ago15 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published133 days ago15 Jun 2026, 15:58 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Nov 2025- Tender notice published27 Nov 2025, 17:16 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published4 Dec 2025, 14:27 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Jun 2026, 15:58 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Jun 2026, 15:58 BST
- Contract signature expected15 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,194,3011 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1211 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blakedown Landscapes (SE) Limited3 Aug 2026 – 3 Feb 2029 | £1,194,301 | 12 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12final-stage tenders | 11 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Blakedown Landscapes (SE) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Full tender documentation can be downloaded for free from the procurement portal
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender