Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Grab Lorry and Driver Hire
Authority: Southampton City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: UKSouth East (UKJ32)
Published estimate£200,000≈ £67k / year · £240,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 25 Jun 2025awarded 11 Jul 2025
Awarded to SCHOFIELD GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jul 2028 · up to 31 Jul 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo hire a 8 wheel grab lorry by the hour for a range of tasks across the city.
CPV: Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£200,000
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)
- Price
- Quality
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 19 May 2025, 16:30 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2025, 13:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
SCC-SMS-0882- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022832- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051784Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 25 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
19 May 2025 → 12 Aug 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published19 May 2025, 16:30 BST
- Submission deadline25 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent11 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by22 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published31 Jul 2025, 13:21 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends12 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 May 2025- Tender notice published19 May 2025, 16:30 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published28 May 2025, 09:49 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 25 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST28 May 2025, 09:49 BST+9 days · was 16 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract award notice published31 Jul 2025, 12:41 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete31 Jul 2025, 12:41 BST
- Contract details notice published31 Jul 2025, 13:21 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected13 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 19 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £200,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Jul 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOFIELD GROUNDWORKS LIMITED13 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028 · up to 31 Jul 2030Extensions: 1 + 1 | £200,000 | 11 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · SCHOFIELD GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
- Signed
- 31 Jul 2025
- Value
- £200,000
- Period
- 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028 · up to 31 Jul 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 year + 1 year
6 agreed KPIs: On time - Arrival to site · Invoicing on time · Purchase order …
- On time - Arrival to site, Must be able to respond within 4 hours
- Invoicing on time, within 30 days of delivery
- Purchase order, All invoices must show PO number
- Transfer Documents, All invoices must have a valid transfer document if required
- Management Meetings, Management meetings
- KPI Reporting, To be provided prior to management meeting
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Schofield Groundworks LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- 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