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Published 3 Sept 2025, 10:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

T25-048ENV Summer and Winter Bedding 2026

Official notice

Authority: Derry City and Strabane District Council (Local council)

GoodsBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products (03) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN0A)

Published estimate£80,000≈ £80k / year · £80,000 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 3 Oct 2025awarded 8 Dec 2025

Awarded to Pentland Plants Ltd, Rosewood Nursery2 awards

Contract term 1 yrends 2 Nov 2026 · starts 3 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derry City and Strabane District Council invites tenders for the supply and delivery of high quality Summer Bedding plants for use in the Council area during 2026. This tender will take the form of 3 lots as detailed below. Contractors are invited to tender for one, any or all of the job lots but must be able to carry out all and any works outlined within said lots. The contractor will be required to deliver all plants to nominated points throughout the District and timeliness of delivery is crucial. Your submission must be submitted via etendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

CPV: Agricultural and horticultural products · Bedding plants · Horticultural and nursery products · Horticultural products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 1 yrPublished value£80,000

Contract period: 3 Nov 2025 – 2 Nov 2026 (1 yr)Value: £80,000 exc. VAT · £80,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: Northern Ireland

03100000 Agricultural and horticultural products 03120000 Horticultural and nursery products 03121000 Horticultural products 03451100 Bedding plants

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Goods
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: 3 Sept 2025, 10:14 BST
Last source update: 11 Dec 2025, 10:50 GMT
Authority reference: T25-048ENV Summer and Winter Bedding 2026
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-053416
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV): Agricultural and horticultural productsBedding plantsHorticultural and nursery productsHorticultural products
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN0A)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0592e0 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: 3 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 19 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission: Allowed

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.etendersni.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

3 Sept 2025 → 11 Dec 2025 · 5 dates

Tender notice published
3 Sept 2025, 10:14 BST
Clarification questions by
19 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline389 days ago
3 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Contract starts359 days ago
3 Nov 2025
Latest notice published320 days ago
11 Dec 2025, 10:50 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Sept 2025

Tender notice published
3 Sept 2025, 10:14 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
11 Dec 2025, 10:50 GMT
UK6
Status changed to complete
11 Dec 2025, 10:50 GMT
Contract signature expected
11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value (inc. VAT) £53,0192 awards inc. VAT; no net value published

Bids received 33 from SMEs

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Pentland Plants LtdSMESupply of Summer Bedding1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2026	£34,512 inc. VAT	8 Dec 2025	Awarded
Rosewood NurserySMESupply of Spring Bedding1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2026	£18,507 inc. VAT	8 Dec 2025	Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3final-stage tenders	3	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PGJQ-8275-HLMG 98 Strand Road, Derry, Northern Ireland, BT48 7NNContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Pentland Plants LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: SC259669 Pentland Mains, Loanhead, Scotland, EH20 9QGContact email
Rosewood NurseryAwarded supplier 7 Feumore Road, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, BT28 2LHContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender11 Dec 2025, 10:50 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender11 Dec 2025, 10:50 GMT
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender3 Sept 2025, 10:14 BST