Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
North Lanarkshire Council
Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street
Motherwell
ML1 1AB
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM84 - North Lanarkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00010
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Garden Assistance Scheme & Ad-Hoc Garden Works 2025 – 2028, Motherwell
Reference number
NLC-CPT-24-126
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 77300000 - Horticultural services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The requirements of this procurement exercise is to award a contract to an individual contractor to provide a Garden Maintenance Service and an Ad-Hoc Garden Works Service within 6 the Motherwell area within North Lanarkshire.
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: £858,732
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 77300000 - Horticultural services
- 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
- 77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming
- 77312000 - Weed-clearance services
- 77313000 - Parks maintenance services
- 77310000 - Planting and maintenance services of green areas
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM84 - North Lanarkshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The service will operate throughout the growing season between approximately March and November each year and will provide nine (9) grass cuts with reforming edges on two (2) of these visits; two (2) weedkills; and three (3) hedge trims at each property, each year. The service is predominantly provided to elderly and infirm council tenants, but it may also be provided to non-council tenants who meet the same criteria on a chargeable basis. The Ad-Hoc Garden Works is to provide garden works to properties throughout North Lanarkshire, including general tidying and maintenance within gardens, grass cutting, hedge cutting, tree pruning, reforming garden areas, clearance of debris and path clearing, on an ad-hoc basis throughout North Lanarkshire. This ad-hoc service is predominantly carried out in void properties, properties recently allocated through the void process, or provided as an initial one-off service to elderly or infirm tenants who have been assessed and qualify to be included on our Garden Assistance Scheme.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 30
Price - Weighting: 70
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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 000-007634
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
NLC-CPT-24-126
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10 June 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 7
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Landscaping Centre
Hagans Business Park, 181b Templepatrick Road
Ballyclare
BT39 0RA
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £858,732
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
TENDERERS PLEASE NOTE: Police Scotland identified a number of business areas which have a high risk of infiltration by Serious and Organised Crime groups; this Framework belongs to one such area and as such the Authority reserves the right to include enhanced probity checks prior to any contract award, including sharing tenderer information with Police Scotland.
The tender pack includes a schedule for the Declaration of non-involvement in serious organised crime; this is a mandatory tender submission requirement for all tenderers.
(SC Ref:801822)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Scottish Courts
Edinburgh
Country
United Kingdom