Official UK procurement notice
RFQ 2025/28 - Prune and shape the yew hedge at the Peace Maze in Castlewellan Forest Park
Authority: Newry Mourne & Down District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA key Visitor attraction within the park is the Peace Maze, constructed from 6000 yew trees at a total approximate length of 3.5km. The yew hedge requires annual pruning, shaping and weed removal. The Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to undertake this task.
CPV: Tree pruning and hedge trimming
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£15,000
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Specific Questions: 60%
- Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Cost
- Specific Questions
- 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- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 13 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Authority reference
CA16587- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064636- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ae02Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Oct 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
13 Oct 2025 → 17 Nov 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published378 days ago13 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Clarification questions by369 days ago22 Oct 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline364 days ago27 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts343 days ago17 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Oct 2025, 11:00 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender