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Published 29 Nov 2023, 08:47 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Landscape Maintenance Contract · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Paisley Housing Association Ltd (Housing)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£375,000exc. VAT6.4% above published estimate
Submissions closed 12 Jan 2024awarded 19 Feb 2024
Awarded to M Squared (Scotland) Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Contract will principally comprise Landscape maintenance services - grass cutting, maintenance of hard landscape areas, shrub maintenance, hedge cutting and litter picking/leaf collection - to existing properties and common landscaped areas throughout Paisley, Renfrewshire as detailed within the tender documents.

  • Recurrence: Earliest notice would be 2025/26, subject to optional extensions.

CPV: Hedge trimming · Landscape gardening services · Landscaping work for green areas · Planting and maintenance services of green areas

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Open Procurement, single stage tender for Landscape Maintenance within the Paisley…AwardedRenewal

Open Procurement, single stage tender for Landscape Maintenance within the Paisley area of Renfrewshire.

Delivery: Scotland · Paisley, Renfrewshire
Extensions: Options to extend for 3 additional years on a year by year basis (i.e. 2 + 1 + 1 + 1).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 award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50
  • Price: 50
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 120,000 GBP for the last 2 years.

    Where information concerning turnover (general or specific) is not available for the entire period required, the Bidder must state the date on which the bidder was set up or started trading.

    The Bidder confirms they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the following levels of insurance cover:

    Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP

    Public Liability insurance - 5,000,000 GBP

    Contractors All Risk Insurance - for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of one event - 5,000,000 GBP

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders will be required to provide 2 examples of services carried out during the last three years (Examples from both public and/or private sector customers and clients may be provided) to demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in the Contract Notice

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
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 · 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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · Earliest notice would be 2025/26, subject to optional extensions.
First published
29 Nov 2023, 08:47 GMT
Last source update
26 Feb 2024, 17:03 GMT
Award evaluation window
12 Jan 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-006175
Classification (CPV)
Hedge trimmingLandscape gardening servicesLandscaping work for green areasPlanting and maintenance services of green areas
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM83)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041d82 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

KPI's apply to this procurement as detailed within the contract documents.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:759233)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
12 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
12 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 Jan 2024 → 26 Feb 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    12 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    12 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    26 Feb 2024, 17:03 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Feb 2024, 17:03 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £399,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
M Squared (Scotland) LtdSME£399,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Paisley Housing Association

Contracting authorityHousingBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities Assurance House, Paisley, Scotland, PA1 1HAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Paisley Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Paisley

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • M Squared (Scotland) LtdAwarded supplier 8A Carron Place, Kelvin Industrial Estate, East Kilbride, UK, G75 0YLContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.