Official UK procurement notice
Urban Highway Grass Verge Maintenance (Newton Abbot Town Council)
Authority: Newton Abbot Town Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNewton Abbot Town Council invites tenders for the provision of highway grass verge maintenance services throughout Newton Abbot, Devon.
The contract covers the maintenance of approximately 112,797m² of urban highway grass verges across 358 mapped areas in 20 locations throughout the town. Services include six scheduled grass cuts per year between April and October, together with litter picking prior to cutting, strimming around obstacles and street furniture, vegetation management and the maintenance of highway visibility splays.
The Contractor shall provide all labour, plant, equipment, materials, supervision and traffic management necessary to deliver the service safely and efficiently. All works must be carried out in accordance with relevant health and safety legislation and Chapter 8 traffic management requirements.
The successful Contractor will be required to use the Council's Civic.ly asset management system to receive work instructions, record completed works and report defects or issues identified during operations.
The contract includes the management of designated wildlife verges, which are subject to alternative cutting regimes to support biodiversity objectives, and liaison with community groups involved in the management of certain grassed areas.
The Council seeks a Contractor capable of delivering a high-quality, responsive and environmentally responsible service that maintains the safety, appearance and biodiversity value of the highway verge network.
CPV: Grounds maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£130,000
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).
Lot awarding rule: Evaluation criteria are weighted as follows: Price (55%), Quality including methodology, equipment, resources and relevant experience (25%), Use of the Civic.ly asset management system and support for biodiversity objectives (15%), and References (5%). Compliance with health and safety requirements, Chapter 8 traffic management requirements and minimum insurance levels will be assessed on a pass/fail basis. The Council does not bind itself to accept the lowest priced or any tender.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £259,290 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Newton Abbot Town Council buys Planting and maintenance services of green areas (CPV 7731), and who usually turns up
Newton Abbot Town Council has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Planting and maintenance services of green areas (CPV 7731) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 85% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 55% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 26 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 22% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid5%
2–312%
4–630%
7+53%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate70%
Within ±2%11%
Above estimate19%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Lot #1CPV 7731Published estimate£130k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–332%
4–633%
7+19%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 26 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£108k–£130k
Estimate£130k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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idverde LtdLarge | £65m38 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 18 live · £49m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=14 |
| £11m36 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 11 live · £3.6m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=12 | |
| £45m19 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | 3 live · £1.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=6 | |
| £356k3 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 2 live · £342k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% below n=2 | |
| £99k1 award in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £99k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- 28 Oct 2026, 16:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2026, 16:17 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-102260- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0792c3Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 25 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Application Form must be sent by email to [email protected].
Subject line "Grass Verge Tender Application".
Timeline
28 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published12h ago28 Oct 2026, 16:17 GMT
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 13 days11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 27 days25 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 153 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published28 Oct 2026, 16:17 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender