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Published 5 Jan 2022, 18:15 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

PRN1485 Grounds Maintenance 2022

Official notice

Authority: Choice Housing

4 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£4,060,000total for 4 lots
Submissions closed 4 Feb 2022awarded 19 Jul 2023
Awarded to LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTD4 awards

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This CFT is for a replacement contract for the grounds maintenance of all Association properties. The contract is comprised of core tasks such as grass cutting, turf maintenance, hedge and shrub maintenance, hard surface cleaning and weed control, leaf clearance, young tree maintenance and full tree surveys for some identified sites. The contract also includes for additional services such as tree surgery and major renewals/upgrades on a Schedule of Rates basis. This procurement is for an overall 7 year contract in 4 Lots (to correspond with the Association’s maintenance management practices): South East (Lot 1); North East (Lot 2); North West (Lot 3); and South West (Lot 4).

CPV: Grassing services · Grounds maintenance services · Landscape gardening services · Landscaping work · Landscaping work for gardens · Landscaping work for green areas · Tree pruning and hedge trimming · Tree-cutting services · Tree-maintenance services · Weed-clearance services · Weed-killing services

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value (£16,240,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lot

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 · same split on all 4 lots
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Price: 70
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
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
5 Jan 2022, 18:15 GMT
Last source update
19 Jul 2023, 10:34 BST
Award evaluation window
4 Feb 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-020741
Classification (CPV)
Grassing servicesGrounds maintenance servicesLandscape gardening servicesLandscaping workLandscaping work for gardensLandscaping work for green areasTree pruning and hedge trimmingTree-cutting servicesTree-maintenance servicesWeed-clearance services
+1 moreWeed-killing services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030792 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
4 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
4 Feb 2022, 12:30 GMT

Timeline

4 Feb 2022 → 19 Jul 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    4 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    4 Feb 2022, 12:30 GMT
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    4 Jun 2022, 23:59 BST
  4. Notice published
    19 Jul 2023, 10:34 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Jul 2023, 10:34 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 4
Awarded value £561,1284 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 84 from SMEs
Contracts signed 4latest 19 Jul 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · South East1 award
LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTD£214,154 †—Awarded
Lot 2 · North East1 award
LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTD£218,290 †—Awarded
Lot 3 · North West1 award
LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTD£63,826 †—Awarded
Lot 4 · South West1 award
LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTD£64,858 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · South East2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad1——
2 · North East2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad1——
3 · North West2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad1——
4 · South West2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Choice Housing

Contracting authorityHousingHousing and community amenities Leslie Morrell House 37 - 41 May Street, Belfast, UK, BT1 4DNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body Belfast
  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTDAwarded supplier 181B Templepatrick Road, Ballyclare, UK, BT39 0RAContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria