Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of a Highways Verges, Amenity Land and Specialist Grass Cutting Service
Notice Description
Lot 1 - Volume grass cutting across Blackburn with Darwen (Highway verges, amenity land, community centres, children play centres, roundabouts and motorway junctions) Lot 2- Cutting of rural verges and hedges across Blackburn with Darwen Lot 3 - Cutting of highway verges on the A6119
Lot Information
Volume grass cutting across Blackburn with Darwen
Volume grass cutting across Blackburn with Darwen (Highway verges, amenity land, community centres, children play centres, roundabouts and motorway junctions)
Renewal: Option to extend for up to 12 months.
Cutting of rural verges and hedges across Blackburn with DarwenCutting of rural verges and hedges across Blackburn with Darwen.
Renewal: Option to extend for up to 12 months
Cutting of highway verges on the A6119Cutting of highway verges on the A6119.
Renewal: Option to extend for up to 12 months.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e6e0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037443-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £450,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £210,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 May 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2025 - 30 Nov 2026 1-2 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
- BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mr Luke Smith
- Contact Email
- luke.smith@blackburn.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BLACKBURN
- Postcode
- BB1 7DY
- Post Town
- Blackburn
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD41 Blackburn with Darwen
- Delivery Location
- TLD41 Blackburn with Darwen
-
- Local Authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Electoral Ward
- Blackburn Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Blackburn
Further Information
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