Contract

CBC-1732-T-TS Rural and Urban Grounds Maintenance Services

  • Central Bedfordshire Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-050543

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04b5ce (view related notices)

Published 21 August 2025, 2:00pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Central Bedfordshire Council

Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands

Shefford

SG17 5TQ

Contact

+44 3003005997

Email

procurement@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3003005997

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKH25 - Central Bedfordshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://in-tendhost.co.uk/centralbedfordshire

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

CBC-1732-T-TS Rural and Urban Grounds Maintenance Services

Reference number

CBC-1732-T-TS

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Rural and Urban Grounds Maintenance Services - two Lots

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £16,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Rural and Urban Grounds Maintenance Services Lot 1 - RURAL

Lot No

Lot 1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH25 - Central Bedfordshire
Main site or place of performance

Central Bedfordshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the quotation process. Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all tenderers, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all. If there is anything you are not sure about or need clarification on, please use the Correspondence facility within the In-tend electronic tendering system. Last date for receiving questions on the In-Tend system is 2nd December 2024Completed Tenders and attachments should be submitted electronically by the due date via our In-tend electronic tendering system. Tenders must be uploaded via the "My Return" section of the system. Tenders submitted through the correspondence facility will not be considered. Your Tender must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than 12 noon on 11th December 2024Tenders received after that time will be excluded.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Resources - Quality / Weighting: 35%

Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 55%

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) Description

two.2.1) Title

Rural and Urban Grounds Maintenance Services Lot 2 - URBAN

Lot No

Lot 2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH25 - Central Bedfordshire
Main site or place of performance

Central Bedfordshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the quotation process. Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all tenderers, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all. If there is anything you are not sure about or need clarification on, please use the Correspondence facility within the In-tend electronic tendering system. Last date for receiving questions on the In-Tend system is 2nd December 2024Completed Tenders and attachments should be submitted electronically by the due date via our In-tend electronic tendering system. Tenders must be uploaded via the "My Return" section of the system. Tenders submitted through the correspondence facility will not be considered. Your Tender must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than 12 noon on 11th December 2024Tenders received after that time will be excluded.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Weighting / Weighting: 35%

Cost criterion - Name: Weighting / Weighting: 55%

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


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: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-036575


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

CBC-1732-T-TS

Lot No

Lot 1

Title

Rural and Urban Grounds Maintenance Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

17 February 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

MJ Granger Grounds Maintenance Ltd

52 Church Street Shillington Hertfordshire SG5 3LJ

Hitchin

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH25 - Central Bedfordshire
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £15,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £4,807,416


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

CBC-1732-T-TS

Lot No

Lot 2

Title

Rural and Urban Grounds Maintenance Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

17 February 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

John O'Conner

2 Great North Road Hertfordshire

Welwyn

AL6 0PL

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH25 - Central Bedfordshire
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £15,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £10,914,904


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Central Bedfordshire Council

Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Bedfordshire,

Shefford

SG17 5TQ

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/