Notice Information
Notice Title
Grounds Maintenance - Provision of Machinery
Notice Description
The Highland Council have appointed a single Contractor for the provision of pedestrian, small, medium and high output industrial mowers, on a full maintenance hire basis annually from 01 April 2025 until November 2029.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Highland Council has appointed a single Contractor for the provision of pedestrian, small, medium and high output industrial mowers, on a full maintenance hire basis annually from 01 April 2025 until November 2029.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-043632
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033884-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
16 - Agricultural machinery
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
16310000 - Mowers
16311000 - Lawnmowers
16311100 - Lawn, park or sports-ground mowers
77112000 - Hire of mowers or agricultural equipment with operator
77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,750,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,750,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Oct 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Mar 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Mar 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- 3 Feb 2025 - 30 Nov 2029 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE HIGHLAND COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Gordon Duncan
- Contact Email
- gordon.duncan@highland.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1463702670
Buyer Location
- Locality
- INVERNESS
- Postcode
- IV3 5BX
- Post Town
- Inverness
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM6 Highlands and Islands
-
- Local Authority
- Highland
- Electoral Ward
- Inverness West
- Westminster Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Further Information
Notice URLs
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