Official UK procurement notice
Synthetic Pitch Maintenance Contract
Authority: St Helens Council (Local council)
Sectors: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: North West (UKD)
Published estimate£44,000≈ £44k / year · £52,800 inc. VAT28% below published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Feb 2026awarded 24 Apr 2026
Awarded to Technical Surfaces Limited
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSt Helens Borough Council has appointed a suitably qualified contractor for the Synthetic Pitch Maintenance Contract.
CPV: Sports fields maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£44,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Evaluation: 30%
- Price Evaluation: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Evaluation: Please refer to the tender pack for full details of how the full 30% will be broken down in relation to the questions
- Price Evaluation
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 2 Feb 2026, 17:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 May 2026, 09:08 BST
- Authority reference
UID: 020372- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-009194- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0614c3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 13 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Submissions must be made via The Chest. The reference number that you will need to find this opportunity is DN805369:
Timeline
2 Feb 2026 → 8 May 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published266 days ago2 Feb 2026, 17:36 GMT
- Clarification questions by259 days ago9 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline255 days ago13 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts208 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published171 days ago8 May 2026, 09:08 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026- Tender notice published2 Feb 2026, 17:36 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published8 May 2026, 09:08 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete8 May 2026, 09:08 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £31,6801 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical Surfaces Limited | £31,680 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Technical Surfaces Limited
- Signed
- 24 Apr 2026
- Value
- £31,680
- Period
- 1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2027 · up to 30 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- This contract has the provision to extend for 3 x 12 months periods of time. These extensions are to be utilised at the discretion of the council. The available extensions are for the periods: 01 April 2027 - 31 March 2028 01 April 2028 - 31 March 2029 01 April 2029 - 31 March 2030
- Options
- The council reserves the right to additional purchases while the contract is valid and to add or remove sites from this contract during the contract or extension periods. The value of the contract will be adjusted accordingly but the council will let the successful contractor know within good time should this need to happen.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- TECHNICAL SURFACES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All documents can be accessed via The Chest on the link above. Suppliers will need to register to utilise this service but all documents are available (once registered) with unrestricted access and are free of charge.
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender