Official UK procurement notice
Parks, Green Spaces and Market Street Public Toilets Maintenance and Cleaning Contract for Kidderminster Town Council
Authority: West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe West Mercia Police Contracts and Procurement Team, acting on behalf of the Kidderminster Town Council (the Authority), is to invite tenders for Provision of Parks, Green Spaces and Market Street Public Toilets Maintenance and Cleaning Contract upon the terms and conditions set out in the tender pack.
The Authority is tendering to appoint a single Contractor to provide the Parks, Green Spaces and Public Toilet Cleaning Services to 12 parks and green spaces including a churchyard and public toilet. The subsequent contract will last 3 years initially with an option to extend for a further 12 month term.
The tender is being conducted as a Competitive Flex Procedure Two-Stage process under the Procurement Act 2023.
The tender is being managed by West Mercia Police Contracts & Procurement department on behalf of Kidderminster Town Council. The contract will be directly with Kidderminster Town Council with the successful bidder.
All details are contained in the tender document pack.
Previous notice published for an RFI undertaken as pre-market engagement - www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068464-2026 ↗
- How the procedure runs: Two-Stage tender Stage 1 Conditions of Participation pass/fail Stage 2 Tender (price/quality)
CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Building-cleaning services · Cleaning and sanitation services · Cleaning services · Facilities management services · Grassing services · Grounds maintenance services · Grounds-maintenance equipment · Horticultural services · Landscaping work for playgrounds · Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas · Ornamental plants, grasses, mosses or lichens · +10 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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: 50%
- Quality: 50%
- 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
- Competitive flexible 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
- 20 Jul 2026, 17:13 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 16:35 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
KTC26-2735- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085538- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cf3fFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
As per ITT
- How it runs
Two-Stage tender
Stage 1 Conditions of Participation pass/fail
Stage 2 Tender (price/quality)
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submit as per ITT instructions
Tenders can be located on sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictenders ↗
Timeline
20 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published98 days ago20 Jul 2026, 17:13 BST
- Market engagement87 days ago31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Pre-market engagement exercise (RFI) via MS Forms
- Next notice expected80 days ago7 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published47 days ago9 Sept 2026, 16:35 BST
- Submission deadline21 days ago5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 29 days24 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 156 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Jul 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Jul 2026, 17:13 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Jul 2026, 19:11 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published9 Sept 2026, 16:35 BSTUK4
- Published value updated9 Sept 2026, 16:35 BST
- Status changed to active9 Sept 2026, 16:35 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Sept 2026, 16:35 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All documents contained on InTend
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender