Official UK procurement notice
245_21 – Grounds Maintenance Services
Authority: ESPO
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionAn ESPO national framework for the provision of grounds maintenance services including grass cutting, soft landscaping, hard landscaping, weed control, pitch marking and arboriculture services.
CPV: Grounds maintenance services · Tree-cutting services · Tree-maintenance services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 23 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 17 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Grounds Maintenance ServicesAwarded UK
The provision of grounds maintenance services.
Lot #2Arboriculture ServicesAwarded UK
The provision of arboriculture services.
Lot #3Arboriculture Services (Leicestershire County Council)Awarded East Midlands
The provision of arboriculture services for Leicestershire County Council. Whilst predominantly for use by Leicestershire County Council, Leicestershire County Council may procure services on a collaborative basis or on behalf of other public bodies within the county of Leicestershire.
Including but not limited to: City, Borough and District Councils, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Social value | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Grounds Maintenance Services | 40% | 50% | 10% | |
| 2 · Arboriculture Services | 40% | 50% | 10% | |
| 3 · Arboriculture Services (Leicestershire County Council) | 45% | 50% | 5% |
- Price carries 50 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 5 points.
- “245_21 – Grounds Maintenance Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Apr 2021, 12:20 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Apr 2021, 12:20 BST
- Authority reference
245_21- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-007370- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a43bFind a Tender
- Review procedure
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined by the EU Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU, the framework agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/ESPO/media/Documents/FAQs/ESPO-s_powers_to_trade__website_-2016-12-22.pdf) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: local authorities; educational establishments (including academies); central government departments and agencies; police, fire and rescue and coastguard emergency services; NHS and HSC bodies, including ambulance services; registered charities; registered social landlords; the Corporate Office of the House of Lords, the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: http://www.espo.org/About-us-%281%29/FAQs/Legal ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself. Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders' information only. An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call-off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the framework agreement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £10,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Grounds Maintenance Services
- Signed
- 5 Jan 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Arboriculture Services
- Signed
- 5 Jan 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Arboriculture Services (Leicestershire County Council)
- Signed
- 5 Jan 2021
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Grounds Maintenance Services | 23bids · 23 electronic | 15 | — | — |
| 2 · Arboriculture Services | 23bids · 23 electronic | 15 | — | — |
| 3 · Arboriculture Services (Leicestershire County Council) | 23bids · 23 electronic | 15 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
17 commercial parties on the notice- AGS One LtdFramework contractor
- Connick Tree Services LtdFramework contractor
- Countrywide Grounds Maintenance LtdFramework contractor
- George Walker (tree care) LimitedFramework contractor
- Glendale Countryside LtdFramework contractor
- Gould Landscapes LtdFramework contractor
- Greenfingers Landscape LtdFramework contractor
- Ground Control LtdFramework contractor
- Just Ask Estate Services LimitedFramework contractor
- Leicester Tree Care LTDFramework contractor
Show 7 more suppliers
- Mark Walker (Grounds Maintenance) LtdFramework contractor
- Mitie Landscapes LtdFramework contractor
- Personnel Hygiene Services LimitedFramework contractor
- Spacecare LtdFramework contractor
- Tivoli Group LtdFramework contractor
- UK Landscapes LtdFramework contractor
- idverde LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.