Official UK procurement notice
Planned Grounds Maintenance · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Scottish Water
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionScottish Water requires a sole supplier who will primarily cover scheduled grass-cutting, weed control, hedge-trimming, winter gritting and snow clearing throughout the Scottish Mainland, Highland and Islands and a planned general ground maintenance works schedule outside of the main grass-cutting season. <br/><br/>A single contractor will be appointed to provide the service pan-Scotland to streamline contract management and standardise on a single portal-based reporting system. <br/><br/>Initial 4 years + 2 x 2 years Year Extension Options at the sole discretion of Scottish Water.
CPV: Grounds maintenance services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£12,500,000
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).
- Shortlisting
- See procurement documents for further information.
- “Planned Grounds Maintenance” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Jun 2026, 09:36 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2026, 09:36 BST
- Authority reference
SW26/HVC/1545- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057852- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b8a6Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
See procurement documents for further information
Publisher note: https://atamis-scottishwater.my.salesforce-sites.com/ProSpend__CS_PublicLandingPage?SearchType=Projects
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 27 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
19 Jun 2026 → 27 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published124 days ago19 Jun 2026, 09:36 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends86 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown27 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria