Find a TenderAwardedContract award notice
Published 1 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Strategic Lead - Sheffield Street Tree Partnership

Official notice

Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved: E11000003SME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£45,465≈ £32k / year · £54,558 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Dec 2025awarded 15 Dec 2025
Awarded to Catherine Nuttgens
Contract term 1 yr 5 moends 21 Jun 2027 · starts 5 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Sheffield City Council requires a Strategic Lead for the Sheffield Street Tree Partnership (SSTP) to ensure the Council meets its obligations arising from the Independent Tree Inquiry and the Street Tree Strategy. This role is essential for maintaining transparency, accountability, and collaborative governance in the management of the city's street trees, and for enabling Sheffield to become a leader in Urban Forestry in the UK.

CPV: Administrative development project services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr 5 moVCSEPublished value£45,465
Contract period: 5 Jan 2026 – 21 Jun 2027 (1 yr 5 mo)Value: £45,465 exc. VAT · £54,558 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: VCSE eligible

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

Lot awarding rule: 50% Pricing & 50% Quality

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
Awarded
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
1 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Last source update
17 Dec 2025, 16:12 GMT
Authority reference
105622
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078652
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Administrative development project services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ec55 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Reserved participation area
E11000003

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
8 Dec 2025, 16:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
5 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Dec 2025 → 5 Jan 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published330 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by327 days ago
    5 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline323 days ago
    8 Dec 2025, 16:00 GMT
  4. Latest notice published314 days ago
    17 Dec 2025, 16:12 GMT
  5. Contract starts296 days ago
    5 Jan 2026

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Dec 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    17 Dec 2025, 16:12 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    17 Dec 2025, 16:12 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £45,4651 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Catherine NuttgensSME5 Jan 2026 – 20 Jun 2027£45,46515 Dec 2025Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sheffield City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPQT-9425-JWVM The Town Hall, Pinstone St, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 2HHContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Catherine NuttgensAwarded supplier 63 Chantrey Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S8 8QUContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender