Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Grounds & Winter Maintenance Services
Authority: National Galleries of Scotland
Re-procurement plannedProvision of Grounds & Winter Maintenance Services · tender expected
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe National Galleries Scotland (NGS) is seeking to appoint a sole Contractor, term maintenance contract for the Provision of Grounds & Winter Maintenance Services for all NGS sites. The Contractor will be responsible for providing all resources including labour, materials, plant and equipment to conduct the service activities required to be delivered.
The Contractor shall be required to apply modern horticultural techniques and practices which together with their own comprehensive expertise and experience, will manage and complete grounds and winter maintenance to rigorous standards of discipline, cleanliness and tidiness to achieve the requirements of the contract.
It is an expectation that the Contractor will hold or will be working towards ISO 9001 (Quality Management), ISO 14401 (Environmental Management) and Cyber Essentials Basic (or equivalent) certification.
If the Contractor does not already hold valid Cyber Essentials Basic (or equivalent) certification they must agree to obtain such within 3 months of a contract award.
The Contractor must hold valid Cyber Essentials Basic (or equivalent) certification throughout the duration of the contract.
For full details of the Contract Requirements please refer to the associated Tender and Contract documents.
In the event of unsatisfactory performance by the successful Service Provider and the termination of the contract by either party, NGS reserves the right to negotiate the continuance of the services with the second and third placed Service Providers.
- Recurrence: 2025-2027
CPV: Grounds maintenance services · Landscape gardening services · Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The procurement will be conducted through the use of the Open (single stage) procedureAwardedRenewal
The procurement will be conducted through the use of the Open (single stage) procedure.
Bidders must complete and return an SPD (Scotland) form along with their tender submission.
Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Suitability
Q4A1b 'Enrolment in a Relevant Trade Register', Q4A.2a 'Authorisation of Particular Organisation Needed' and Q4A.2b 'Membership of a Particular Organisation Needed' have been included in the SPD. Bidders must confirm whether this is applicable to them.
If applicable, each question will be scored on a Pass/Fail basis. If the Bidder is required by their country of establishment, to have enrolment in a Professional Register, authorisation and/or membership of a particular organisation that the Bidder has not attained, the response will be deemed a 'Fail'. Any Bidder scoring a 'Fail' mark will be disqualified from the competition.
- Economic & financial standing
Q4B6 Other Economic or Financial Requirements
Minimum: Q4B6 - All information is contained within the online SPD. - Technical & professional ability
The following selection criteria is listed within the SPD:
Q4D.1 Quality Assurance (including Health & Safety Procedures) & Q4D.2 Environmental Management are included under selection criteria but will be scored on a Pass/Fail basis, as detailed below.
Minimum: Q4D.1 Quality Assurance (including Health & Safety Procedures): all information in regard to minimum level(s) of standards required is contained within the online SPD. This will be scored on a Pass/Fail basis. If the Bidder responds "No" the response will be deemed a "Fail". Any …
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Yes · 2025-2027
- First published
- 28 Mar 2022, 08:50 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Nov 2022, 14:00 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 16 May 2022 – …
- Authority reference
K/H/035/2022- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-033513- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0326b9Find a Tender
- Performance terms
As detailed in the Contract.
Publisher note: National Galleries Scotland reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any time and not award a Contract. The expenditure, work or effort undertaken by Bidders prior to the Award of Contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of Bidders. Late SPDs and tenders may not be considered by National Galleries Scotland. Tenderers must include within their tender return compliance with all legislation applicable at the date for return of tenders relating to COVID-19 restrictions, such as, but not limited to, "The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2020" and details of any Notices issued by the HSE. (SC Ref:714727)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 16 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 May 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
16 May 2022 → 25 Nov 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline16 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened16 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published25 Nov 2022, 14:00 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Nov 2022, 14:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurture Landscapes Ltd | £905,582 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 033513-2022-K/H/035/2022-1 · Nurture Landscapes Ltd
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2022
- Value
- £905,582
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nurture Landscapes LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.