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Published 24 Jan 2023, 12:26 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Grounds Maintenance and Estate Services

Official notice

Authority: Arbour Housing Ltd (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£560,000exc. VAT31% below published estimate
Submissions closed 27 Feb 2023awarded 6 Apr 2023
Awarded to LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The contract is comprised of core tasks such as grass cutting, turf maintenance, hedge and shrub maintenance, hard surface cleaning and weed control, leaf clearance, and young tree maintenance . The contract also includes for additional services such as tree surgery and major renewals/upgrades on a Schedule of Rates basis.

CPV: Grassing services · Grounds maintenance services · Landscape gardening services · Landscaping work · Landscaping work for gardens · Landscaping work for green areas · Tree pruning and hedge trimming · Tree-cutting services · Tree-maintenance services · Weed-clearance services · Weed-killing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40%
  • Cost: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Cost: 60
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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Jan 2023, 12:26 GMT
Last source update
6 Apr 2023, 13:36 BST
Award evaluation window
27 Feb 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-010166
Classification (CPV)
Grassing servicesGrounds maintenance servicesLandscape gardening servicesLandscaping workLandscaping work for gardensLandscaping work for green areasTree pruning and hedge trimmingTree-cutting servicesTree-maintenance servicesWeed-clearance services
+1 moreWeed-killing services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039a19 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
27 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
27 Feb 2023, 12:30 GMT

Timeline

27 Feb 2023 → 28 May 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    27 Feb 2023, 12:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    6 Apr 2023, 13:36 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    28 May 2023, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Apr 2023, 13:36 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £386,6391 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Apr 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTDContract£386,639 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Arbour Housing

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities 18-22 Carleton Street, Portadown, UK, BT62 3ENContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • LANDSCAPING CENTRE LTDAwarded supplier 181B Templepatrick Road, Ballyclare, UK, BT39 0RAContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria