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Published 16 Nov 2023, 13:51 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Woodland Planting and Maintenance

Official notice

Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT10% below published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Jan 2024awarded 26 Feb 2024
Awarded to Ground Control Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract for the supply, planting and maintenance of approximately 28,500 trees/shrubs at Long Lane, Peover, Knutsford (approx. 16 ha).

CPV: Forestry services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
Extensions: 2 x 12 month optional extensions. The options will be exercised at the discretion of the Council, in line with the Contractual terms.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Scored Qualitative Questions: 50%
  • price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Scored Qualitative Questions: 50%
  • Price: 50%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Nov 2023, 13:51 GMT
Last source update
25 Mar 2024, 14:53 GMT
Award evaluation window
2 Jan 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN682294
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-009652
Classification (CPV)
Forestry services
Delivery area
North West (UKD62)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041a6c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
8 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
2 Jan 2024, 09:05 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 Jan 2024 → 25 Mar 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    2 Jan 2024, 09:05 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    8 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    25 Mar 2024, 14:53 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Dec 2023
  1. Deadline moved to 8 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
    12 Dec 2023, 16:38 GMT
    +6 days · was 2 Jan 2024, 09:00 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    25 Mar 2024, 14:53 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.22 Jan 20248 Jan 2024+6 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £179,9621 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1310 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ground Control Limited£179,962 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
13bids · 13 electronic10——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cheshire East Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityEnvironmental protection Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, North West, CW11 1HZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.