Official UK procurement notice
Rural Grass Cutting and Verge Maintenance
Authority: Chelmsford City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionChelmsford City Council manages Rural Grass Verge Cutting Services in the Council area, and is seeking to appoint an experienced and qualified Contractor to undertake two planned cuts annually (with occasional services as required). The service includes litter clearance, grass cutting and traffic management (as required).
The first cut will be a single width cut followed by a 2nd full width cut on with the option of a third cut following an instruction by the supervising Officer. The contractor is required to submit an additional price per square metre for any smaller areas requiring additional cutting during the year. The Contract will be awarded for 3 years with an option of a further 2, 2 year extension periods.
CPV: Grassing services · Grounds maintenance services · Verge maintenance work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,190,000
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)
- Technical criteria: 40%
- Bid Back Financial Appendix: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Bid Back Financial Appendix
- Technical criteria
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Mar 2026, 16:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Apr 2026, 17:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
CCC/2026/GRASS-CUTTING- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-020616- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0664aaFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
24 Apr 2025 → 6 May 2026 · 8 dates- Assessment summaries sent24 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Tender notice published233 days ago6 Mar 2026, 16:39 GMT
- Clarification questions by216 days ago24 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline202 days ago7 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by198 days ago10 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published184 days ago24 Apr 2026, 17:21 BST
- Contract starts178 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends172 days ago6 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Mar 2026- Tender notice published6 Mar 2026, 16:39 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published31 Mar 2026, 19:16 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 7 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST31 Mar 2026, 19:16 BST+6 days · was 1 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract award notice published24 Apr 2026, 17:21 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete24 Apr 2026, 17:21 BST
- Contract signature expected7 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| B F GROUND MAINTENANCE LIMITEDSME7 May 2026 – 6 May 2029 · up to 6 May 2033Extensions: Extension options include 2, 2 year extension periods. | £1,190,000 inc. VAT | 24 Apr 2025standstill to 6 May 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- B F GROUND MAINTENANCE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender