Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
Telephone
+44 1463383189
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM6 - Highlands and Islands
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00313
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
FTS 041 Landscaping Services - Moray
Reference number
FTS041
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
THIS IS AN AWARD OF CONTRACT NOTICE - HIE requires a suitable qualified and experienced supplier to provide hard and soft landscaping and winter maintenance services at:
Horizon Scotland (Business Centre), The Apex (HIE's Moray office), Strathcona House, Unit 9 (shortly to open as the Manufacturing Innovation Centre), the common areas of the Enterprise Park Forres.
Services will include grass and shrub cutting, weed removal, car park maintenance and winter gritting/snow clearance.
It is expected that these services will be required from 1st May 2025 for an initial period of 3 years with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 year following the Initial Term.
The initial 3-year budget available to deliver the services is between GBP195,000 and GBP222,500 (excluding VAT).
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £266,408
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45112700 - Landscaping work
- 77300000 - Horticultural services
- 90620000 - Snow-clearing services
- 71421000 - Landscape gardening services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM62 - Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey
Main site or place of performance
Forres
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
THIS IS AN AWARD OF CONTRACT NOTICE - HIE requires a suitable qualified and experienced supplier to provide hard and soft landscaping and winter maintenance services at:
Enterprise Park Forres, The Apex, Horizon Scotland, Unit 9, Strathcona House, Forres.
Services will include grass and shrub cutting, weed removal, car park maintenance and winter gritting/snow clearance.
It is expected that these services will be required from 01 May 2025 for an initial period of 3 years with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods not exceeding 12 months following the Initial Term.
The initial 3-year budget available to deliver the services is between GBP195,000 and GBP222,500 (excluding VAT).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Delivery Methodology / Weighting: 25%
Quality criterion - Name: Management & Delivery Team / Weighting: 20%
Quality criterion - Name: Sustainability & Net Zero / Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion - Name: Fair Work Practices / Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion - Name: Monitoring & Reporting of Community Benefits / Weighting: 5%
Price - Weighting: 40%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
HIE reserves the right to modify the contract for reasons including but not limited to:
- Sale of any sites/properties, therefore (some of) the services will no longer be required.
- Addition of sites/properties with associated landscaping services required.
- Re-designation of areas associated with maintenance activities.
- Weather conditions requiring more/less frequent services.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2025/S 000-002314
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
FTS041
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10 April 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Higher Ground Community Services Ltd
The Pines, Conon Bridge
Dingwall
IV7 8AQ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKM62 - Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £266,408
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted
Winter gritting and snow clearing
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Values of the procurement include the value of the 12 month extension option.
(SC Ref:795988)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
The Inverness Justice Centre, Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court of the Court of Session.