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title: "Provision of Grounds & Winter Maintenance Services"
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# Provision of Grounds & Winter Maintenance Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-grounds-winter-maintenance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0326b9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Galleries of Scotland: "Provision of Grounds & Winter Maintenance Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 May 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Galleries of Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-galleries-of-scotland-GB-FTS-3913)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 May 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Grounds maintenance services, Landscape gardening services, Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £905,582 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0326b9`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-grounds-winter-maintenance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0326b9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-grounds-winter-maintenance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0326b9#participate

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45112720, 71421000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** 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 i...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 033513-2022-K/H/035/2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Nurture Landscapes Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-69451`
  - Value: £905,582 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 033513-2022-K/H/035/2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £905,582
  - Signed Date: 07/07/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033513-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-25T14:00:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T06:05:41.165Z
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