AWARD NOTICE - Regional Grounds Maintenance (Multiple Lots)
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£10.2m
Suppliers
14
Lots
16
Published
02 Jul 2026
Description
Tendering is open for multiple grounds maintenance providers to cover 17 regional lots across different local authorities. Each lot has a distinct annual value depending on its size. Bidders may submit tenders for one or more lots but can be awarded a maximum of two lots, in accordance with the evaluation criteria outlined in the tender documents. This is an open tender requiring compliance with the stated Conditions of Participation, along with submission of responses to the quality questions and pricing schedules by the deadline. The tender period will run for just over seven weeks, during which bidders are expected to visit the sites they intend to bid for as part of the process. Out of the 17 lots for this tender, only 15 have successfully been awarded.
Scope
- Reference
- 00402-AST
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Aug 2026 to 31 Aug 2028Possible extension to 31 Aug 2031
Potential extension of 2 years + 1 year subject to contractors performance.
- CPV classifications
- 77314000
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Questions | Quality Written bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Pricing Schedule | Price submission | price | 40.00% |
| Written Bid Submission | quality written bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Pricing Schedule | price submission | price | 40.00% |
| Written Bid submission | quality written bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Written Bid | Quality written bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Written bid | Quality written bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Pricing Schedule | Price Submission | price | 40.00% |
| Written Bid submission | Quality written bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Pricing Schedule | pricing submission | price | 40.00% |
| Written Bid submission | quality bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Pricing Schedule | Price | price | 40.00% |
| Written Bid submission | Quality | quality | 60.00% |
| Pricing Submission | Pricing | price | 40.00% |
| Written Bid submittion | quality bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Pricing Schedule | pricing | price | 40.00% |
| written bid submission | quality bid | quality | 60.00% |
| pricing schedule | price | price | 40.00% |
| written bid submission | quality submission | quality | 60.00% |
| Written bid submission | Written bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Pricing Schedule | Pricing Schedule | price | 40.00% |
| Written Submission | Written bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Pricing schedule | pricing schedule | price | 40.00% |
| Written submission | quality written bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Written bid submission | quality bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Pricing schedule | pricing | price | 40.00% |
| Written bid | quality bid | quality | 60.00% |
| Pricing Schedule | price | price | 40.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
Full details are set out in the tender documents.
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Award details· 16 awards
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£603k
Award date
25 Feb 2026
Contract start
31 Mar 2027
Contract end
31 Aug 2028
Lots · 16 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 | South East | — | complete |
| Lot 4 | South West | — | complete |
| Lot 8 | Devon | — | complete |
| Lot 3 | New Forest & BCP | — | complete |
| Lot 9 | Somerset | — | complete |