Official UK procurement notice
Grounds Maintenance Tender · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Wanborough Parish Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of grounds maintenance services within Wanborough Parish, including grass cutting, hedge maintenance, weed control, maintenance of public open spaces, and other council-owned land in accordance with the contract specification.
CPV: Grounds maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£20,000
- Economic & financial standing
Tenderers must have relevant grounds maintenance experience and provide satisfactory references on request. The successful contractor will be required to hold appropriate insurance and comply with all applicable health and safety requirements prior to contract commencement.
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Economic & financial standing
Tenderers must have relevant grounds maintenance experience and provide satisfactory references on request. The successful contractor will be required to hold appropriate insurance and comply with all applicable health and safety requirements prior to contract commencement.
- 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
- Closed
- 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 Aug 2026, 12:07 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Aug 2026, 12:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076176- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e131Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be sent by post only
Grounds Maintenance Tender - Confidential"
Submissions should be addressed to:
Mrs Laura Evans
Parish Clerk
Wanborough Parish Council
Hoopers Field
Rotten Row
Wanborough
Swindon
SN4 0AN
Timeline
11 Aug 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published77 days ago11 Aug 2026, 12:07 BST
- Clarification questions by35 days ago21 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline26 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 48 days14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 124 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published11 Aug 2026, 12:07 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender