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title: "PS/20/07 Rural Grass Cutting & Urban Herbicide Application including Litter Picking & Gully Cleaning"
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# PS/20/07 Rural Grass Cutting & Urban Herbicide Application including Litter Picking & Gully Cleaning

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ps-20-07-rural-grass-cutting-urban-herbicide-application-including-litter-picking-gully-cl-ocds-h6vhtk-029736). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Ayrshire Council: "PS/20/07 Rural Grass Cutting & Urban Herbicide Application including Litter Picking & Gully Cleaning". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [East Ayrshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-ayrshire-council-ons-s12000008)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 April 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Grassing services, Grounds maintenance services, Gully cleaning services, Litter collection services, Verge maintenance work
- **Delivery Location:** UKM93
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £762,173 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029736`

## 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/ps-20-07-rural-grass-cutting-urban-herbicide-application-including-litter-picking-gully-cl-ocds-h6vhtk-029736#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ps-20-07-rural-grass-cutting-urban-herbicide-application-including-litter-picking-gully-cl-ocds-h6vhtk-029736#participate

## Description
The Contract requires the successful tenderer to carry out all rural grass cutting, urban herbicide application, litter picking and gully cleaning (gully cleaning at specific locations only) as set out in the Specification Schedules throughout the East Ayrshire Council Area.
Also included in the Contract is the requirement for litter picking.
The cleaning of the gullies along the route of the A71 dual carriageway between Corsehill – Moorfield - Bellfield Interchanges is also included in the contract.
The successful Contractor will also be requested from time to time to carry out some additional work in the form of scrub clearance, minor tree felling and the cutting of areas of grass not included in the schedules.  This work will be required throughout the Ayrshire Roads Alliance area in both South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire Council areas.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 45233229, 77314100, 90511300, 90641000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

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

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 014081-2021-PS/20/07-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **William Owen and Son**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-20101`
  - Value: £762,173 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 014081-2021-PS/20/07-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £762,173
  - Signed Date: 20/06/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004046-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-27T17:14:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T05:51:49.987Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029736