Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Grounds Maintenance Services
Authority: University of Bedfordshire (Education)
Sectors: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: East of England (UKH2)South East (UKJ13)
Published estimate£366,666≈ £183k / year · £440,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Jul 2026awarded 4 Aug 2026
Award (standstill) to Nurture Landscapes Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Grounds Maintenance Services to the University of Bedfordshire
CPV: Grounds maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£366,666
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
- Quality: 3 sets of questions to be responded to. Please see tender documents
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
- 4 Aug 2026, 11:29 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Aug 2026, 11:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
UoB/P EST - 00000732- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-051437- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06aa69Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
1 Jun 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published148 days ago1 Jun 2026, 14:23 BST
- Clarification questions by130 days ago19 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline118 days ago1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by85 days ago2 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent84 days ago4 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published84 days ago4 Aug 2026, 11:29 BST
- Standstill ends74 days ago13 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts56 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 1 Jun 2026- Tender notice published1 Jun 2026, 14:23 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published4 Aug 2026, 11:29 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected17 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £337,7221 award exc. VAT
Bids received 76 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurture Landscapes LtdProvision of Grounds Maintenance Services to the UoB1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030Extensions: 2 + 1 + 1 making a total of 4 years | £337,722 | 4 Aug 2026standstill to 13 Aug 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders | 6 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nurture LadscapesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender documenst are uploaded to the above portal. please register your company, if not already registered and express an interest in the bid
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender