Official UK procurement notice
Tree Maintenance Service · idverde Ltd for Stockport Homes Ltd (Nov 2025)
Authority: Stockport Homes Ltd (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)
Published estimate£450,000≈ £225k / year · £540,000 inc. VAT25.1% above published estimate
Submissions closed 10 Dec 2025awarded 10 Feb 2026
Awarded to idverde Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 15 Feb 2028 · up to 15 Feb 2029 with extensions · starts 16 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTree Maintenance Services as Required
- No preliminary market engagement: Expertise and knowledge within service area, continual bench marking across sector, confidence market capable of providing requirement.
CPV: Agricultural services · Tree-maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£450,000
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: 40%
- Cost: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Cost: Cost weighting
- Quality: Quality weighting
What this means for your bid
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Nov 2025, 07:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2026, 09:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
SHL2025 002- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072591- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05de2aFind 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
- 10 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Tender documents are available through Stockport Homes e-procurement system ‘Proactis’
procontract.due-north.com/Login ↗
All tenders must be submitted via Proactis prior to the tender deadline. Any questions regarding the tender must be submitted via the messaging function within Proactis.
Timeline
11 Nov 2025 → 31 Mar 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published349 days ago11 Nov 2025, 07:30 GMT
- Submission deadline320 days ago10 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by272 days ago26 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent258 days ago10 Feb 2026
- Contract starts252 days ago16 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends248 days ago19 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published209 days ago31 Mar 2026, 09:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Nov 2025- Tender notice published11 Nov 2025, 07:30 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published10 Feb 2026, 09:17 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete10 Feb 2026, 09:17 GMT
- Buyer details updated10 Feb 2026, 09:17 GMT
- Contract signature expected28 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published31 Mar 2026, 09:00 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £563,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| idverde Ltd1 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2028 · up to 28 Feb 2029Extensions: 1 year extension to be used at SHG Ltd discretion. · Options: Additional Tree Maintenance Services as required. | £563,000 | 10 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · idverde Ltd
- Signed
- 28 Feb 2026
- Value
- £563,000
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2028 · up to 28 Feb 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- At the discretion of Stockport Homes Group
No agreed KPIs: Value below £5M
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Stockport Homes LtdContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- idverde LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender