Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 4 May 2022, 10:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Grass Cutting, Horticultural Services and Cemetery Works

Official notice

Authority: South Tyneside Council (Local council)

3 lotsServicesMax 3 lots per supplier
Planned pipeline value£11,200,000total for 3 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 10 Jun 2022from the planned procurement notice
Lots 3max 3 won per supplier

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The contract is for the Council's Grounds Maintenance Services. It is split into the following Lots:

  1. Grass Cutting - all Council owned areas excluding Cemeteries
  2. Horticultural Services - all Council owned areas excluding Cemeteries
  3. Cemetery Works - includes Grave Digging, maintenance of the grave spaces and clearance work around the graves plus associated grass cutting and horticultural services

The contract duration is to be 5 years, with 2 x 12 month options to extend. The value at I.5 is the estimated value of a potential 7 year contract duration

CPV: Cemetery maintenance services · Grounds maintenance services · Horticultural services

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · no lot values published · win at most 3 of them
Lot #1Grass CuttingPlanned

Provision of the grass cutting service in Council owned public spaces. Additional information: The value of the contract is expected to be approx £925K pa, and the contract length is 5 years plus 2 x 12 month option to extend

Delivery: North East · South Tyneside
Lot #2Horticultural ServicesPlanned

The maintenance of South Tyneside Council's Horticultural Features and Hedges and Provision of Herbicide Treatment. Additional information: The value of the contract is expected to be approx £475K pa and the contract duration is 5 years plus 2 x 12 month options to extend

Delivery: North East · South Tyneside
Lot #3Cemetery WorksPlanned

Provision of grounds maintenance and horticultural requirements (excluding arboriculture services) within Cemeteries, including grave digging, grave space management and grave clearance activity. Additional information: The value is expected to be approx £200K pa and the contract duration is 5 years plus 2 x 12 month options to extend

Delivery: North East · South Tyneside

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
4 May 2022, 10:30 BST
Last source update
4 May 2022, 10:30 BST
Authority reference
F7901
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011448
Classification (CPV)
Cemetery maintenance servicesGrounds maintenance servicesHorticultural services
Delivery area
North East (UKC22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033355 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Supplier Engagement: South Tyneside Council would like to undertake a market engagement event with organisations interesting in tendering for and delivering these works. Please note that participation in this engagement event or registration of interest will not give any advantage in this procurement opportunity, but is purely an opportunity to potentially shape the requirements. We will consult with interested parties to get views and comments on the planned approach to market. Your responses will help to inform the procurement although we cannot guarantee that all views expressed will be taken into account. The market engagement event is anticipated to take place on or around 25th May 2022 in the form of a MS Teams meeting or similar. If you wish to participate please contact [email protected] as soon as possible but by no later than Thursday 19th May 2022 It is the intention to issue the FTS notice on the Find a Tender Service UK e-notification in June 2022, and suppliers are advised to monitor regularly for the opportunity to be published. Once the FTS contract notice/UK e-notification notice has been published suppliers will be required to express interest in this opportunity on the NEPO ProContract system. If not already registered on ProContract please register at the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com. Suppliers will then be granted access to the tender documentation once it is published. Please note that registering on ProContract and expressing interest does not mean that you have bid for the tender - once the above steps are complete you will be required to complete and submit the tender documentation.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 May 2022 → 10 Jun 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    4 May 2022, 10:30 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    10 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST

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

South Tyneside Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Town Hall, Westoe Road, South Shields, North East, NE332RLContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.