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# Soft Market Test - Weed Treatment Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-test-weed-treatment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03fc62). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Leicestershire County Council: "Soft Market Test - Weed Treatment Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £650,000. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Leicestershire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leicestershire-county-council-ons-e10000018)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £650,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Weed-killing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03fc62`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/soft-market-test-weed-treatment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03fc62#tl-md)

## Description
Leicestershire County Council are currently preparing to issue further competitions for Weed Treatment Services, via a suitable DPS, split into Lot 1: Routine weed treatment – North Leicestershire, Lot 2: Routine weed treatment – South Leicestershire and Leicestershire High Speed Roads, Lot 3 – Targeted invasive and noxious weed treatment – Leicestershire, with the further competitions anticipated to commence on 20th October 2023. This is to replace the Weed Treatment Services_2021 (currently in place). The Council is looking to appoint suitably experienced contractor(s) to provide weed treatment services throughout Leicestershire, with areas of treatment to be within the highway, footways, and jitties, commencing with the 2024 season, and invite interested organisations to register an interest and to possibly discuss the requirements further.
Please note that this is not a call for competition, and any information given above is not guaranteed within any subsequent procurement, only indicative of our potential requirements.
Any future procurement will be subject to a separate advertisement.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Routine weed treatment – North Leicestershire
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 77312100
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Estimated Value:** £250,000
- **Description:** •	Routine weed treatment of A, B, C, and unclassified roads, footways, and jitties in specified
locations throughout North Leicestershire.

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Routine weed treatment – South Leicestershire and Leicestershire High Speed Roads
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 77312100
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Estimated Value:** £300,000
- **Description:** •	Routine weed treatment of A, B, C, and unclassified roads, footways, and jitties in specified locations throughout South Leicestershire.
•	Routine weed treatment of high-speed roads in specified locations throughout North and South Leicestershire (...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Targeted invasive and noxious weed treatment – Leicestershire
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 77312100
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Estimated Value:** £100,000
- **Description:** •	Targeted invasive and noxious weed treatment throughout Leicestershire.

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027086-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-13T11:55:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T06:38:47.918Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03fc62