Official UK procurement notice
SPC Grounds maintenance contract
Authority: Stanwick Parish Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStanwick Parish Council is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced and competent contractor to provide grounds maintenance and associated services across Council-managed sites within the parish of Stanwick.
The contract will cover the routine management and maintenance of public green spaces and associated facilities, including recreation and leisure areas, public open spaces, natural areas, highway verges, linked footpaths, allotments, Stanwick Cemetery and St Laurence Churchyard.
Core services will include grass cutting and edging; shrub, herbaceous and flower bed maintenance; rose bed maintenance; hedge maintenance; young tree and yew tree maintenance; litter, leaf and debris clearance; hard surface maintenance; weed and vegetation control; allotment maintenance; and cemetery services including grave digging, interments, cremated remains, grave reinstatement and associated duties.
The Contractor will be required to maintain all sites to the standards specified in the Council's Grounds Maintenance Specification, using appropriate horticultural, environmental, health and safety and operational practices. The service is required to be delivered in a manner that maintains sites in a clean, safe, tidy and well-maintained condition, while taking account of biodiversity, wildlife and environmental sustainability.
The Contractor will also be responsible for the appropriate removal and disposal of waste and arisings generated through the service and for complying with all applicable legislation and regulatory requirements.
Tenderers will be required to submit method statements covering service delivery, environmental sustainability, staffing, and health and safety/risk assessment arrangements.
The contract will initially run for three years, with an option for the Council to extend for a further twelve months, subject to satisfactory performance and the Council's requirements.
The contract will comprise annual-priced core tasks together with additional optional works instructed by the Council and paid in accordance with the Schedule of Rates.
The detailed requirements, site information, performance standards and contractual requirements are set out in the procurement documents.
CPV: Horticultural services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£100,000
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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 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).
Lot awarding rule: The Parish Council will evaluate all compliant tenders using the pre-set evaluation criteria and scoring methodology published with the tender documents. Each tender will be assessed consistently against the published criteria and awarded the applicable scores and weightings. The contract will be awarded to the tender that satisfies the Council's requirements and achieves the highest overall evaluation outcome in accordance with the published assessment methodology, representing the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT). The evaluation will be undertaken before consideration of the tender price in the context of the Council's overall budget and procurement requirements. The Council will not automatically select the lowest-priced tender. Price will be assessed in accordance with the published evaluation methodology alongside the other stated criteria. The procurement has been conducted in accordance with the Parish Council's Standing Orders, Financial Regulations and applicable public procurement legislation. The Council will seek to achieve value for money while applying the published evaluation methodology consistently and transparently.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £66,606 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Stanwick Parish Council buys Horticultural services (CPV 7730), and who usually turns up
Stanwick Parish Council has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Horticultural services (CPV 7730) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 94% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 0% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 41 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 18% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid14%
2–333%
4–624%
7+29%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate17%
Within ±2%74%
Above estimate9%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7730Published estimate£100k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid18%
2–322%
4–647%
7+13%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 1 comparable award. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£87k–£100k
Estimate£100k
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £146m32 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 18 live · £107m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=17 | |
| £33m22 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 8 live · £2.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=8 | |
idverde LtdLarge | £65m38 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 18 live · £49m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=14 |
| £11m36 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 11 live · £3.6m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=12 | |
| £24m8 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 4 live · £21m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 16% below n=2 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 21 Sept 2026, 12:01 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 09:35 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089081- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07764aFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Submission by email are accepted but must include the subject line:
Stanwick Grounds Maintenance Tender Submission 2026
to clerk@stanwickparishcouncil.org.uk
Posted submissions: Stanwick Grounds Maintenance Tender Submission 2026 Stanwick Parish Council, 29 Hill House gardens, Stanwick Northants NN9 6QH
Timeline
21 Sept 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published35 days ago21 Sept 2026, 12:01 BST
- Latest notice published17 days ago9 Oct 2026, 09:35 BST
- Clarification questions by17 days ago9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 4 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 125 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Sept 2026- Tender notice published21 Sept 2026, 12:01 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published9 Oct 2026, 09:35 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT9 Oct 2026, 09:35 BST+0 days · was 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Published amendments (1)
A schedule of locations has been added to the documents available
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Questionnaire to be completed and returned
- Bidding documents and specifications Methodology of evaluation of the questionnaire
- Bidding documents and specifications File summarising key point of the procurement process
- Bidding documents and specifications Schedule of site locations and estimated measurement of area
- Bidding documents and specifications File providing site maps
- Bidding documents and specifications File detailing the Specification for the contract
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender