Official UK procurement notice
P1197_2028a Landscape Construction Works & Specialist Grounds Maintenance Operations Framework - Preliminary Market Engagement
Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)
Preliminary Market Engagement - The Council will be seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Landscape Construction Works & Specialist Grounds Maintenance Operations. The commencement date is likely to be February 2028. Registration on the portal is required in order to access and submit the questionnaire. Registration and access to the In-tend electronic tendering tool is free and all correspondence for this market consultation must be made via this on-line process.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPreliminary Market Engagement - The Council will be seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Landscape Construction Works & Specialist Grounds Maintenance Operations. The commencement date is likely to be February 2028. The framework will be a multi supplier framework and will cover all landscape construction works in parks, sports pitches, highways verges, housing amenity land, cemeteries, school grounds and public open space in the city.
The framework will be mainly used by Birmingham City Council but will be available for other local authorities to access in the west midlands’ region with the exception of the Specialist Grounds Maintenance Operations element of the Framework will only be available for Birmingham City Council use.
The framework agreement is for a period of 8 years (to be opened in years 3 and 5, although Council reserves right to open sooner if needed) and will incorporate 3 lots (please refer to the questionnaire for the breakdown of lots).
This market consultation exercise and the phases outlined above do not form part of any potential or subsequent procurement process and should not be treated as a formal call for competition. The intention of this market consultation is to assist the council in developing the most viable and efficient future delivery service for this area.
Interested organisations are invited to participate in this market engagement exercise by completing and returning the market engagement questionnaire available via the Council's In-tend e-tendering portal. Registration on the portal is required in order to access and submit the questionnaire. Please register online via in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ↗.
Registration and access to the In-tend electronic tendering tool is free and all correspondence for this market consultation must be made via this on-line process. Report any problems in accessing or using the In-tend e-portal to the Corporate Procurement Team via email at [email protected].
The deadline complete and submit the pre-market engagement questionnaire is 11.59PM on 27th November 2026
CPV: Construction-related services · Drainage works · Erection of fencing · Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work · Grounds maintenance services · Landscaping work · Landscaping work for green areas · Landscaping work for playgrounds · Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas · Paving and asphalting works
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How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 1 Feb 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
- “P1197_2028a Landscape Construction Works & Specialist Grounds…” 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 Birmingham City Council buys Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511), and who usually turns up
Birmingham City Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in West Midlands (authority’s region).
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered. 20 known-location awards sit across 2 procurements, so one procurement can dominate this percentage.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 77 days of the bid deadline.
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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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1 bid16% / 0%
2–335% / 8%
4–626% / 36%
7+23% / 56%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4511Published estimate£80m
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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 203 past lots.
1 bid2%
2–320%
4–617%
7+61%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see 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
- Unspecified in notice
- 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 Nov 2026, 12:12 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2026, 12:12 GMT
- Authority reference
P1197_2028a- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107969- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bb91Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
13 Nov 2026 → 1 Feb 2028 · 4 dates- Planning notice publishedjust passed13 Nov 2026, 12:12 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Market engagementin 14 days27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
This market consultation exercise and the phases outlined above do not form part of any potential or subsequent procurement process and should not be treated as a formal call for competition. The intention of this market consultation is to assist the council in developing the most viable and efficient future delivery service for this area. Interested organisations are invited to participate in this market engagement exercise by completing and returning the market engagement questionnaire available via the Council's In-tend e-tendering portal. Registration on the portal is required in order to access and submit the questionnaire. Please register online via in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ↗. Registration and access to the In-tend electronic tendering tool is free and all correspondence for this market consultation must be made via this on-line process. Report any problems in accessing or using the In-tend e-portal to the Corporate Procurement Team via email at [email protected].
- Tender notice expectedin 139 days1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Feb 2028
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Nov 2026, 12:12 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender