Notice Information
Notice Title
Grounds Maintenance for Kingston University
Notice Description
Kingston University is looking to renew its grounds maintenance contract to provide a service to maintain all specified external grounds areas belonging to Kingston University. The contract is to be for three year/s ('Initial Term') with an option to extend it for up to 2 further individual years beyond the Initial Term (3 + 1 + 1). This is managed by the KUSCO (Kingston University Services Company) team to maintain the grounds within a green multi site campus where some are very close to the Hogsmill river that brings challenges to the services provider that can conform and perform to the required specification. The University is proud and passionate about the biodiversity and green space within it's London area location where care can be needed with landscaping, arboricultural services and biodiversity care and attention. The Procurement is split into two stages, a PSQ stage and ITP stage. Using some technical and experience questions to be answered in the first stage, the answers will be assessed by an experienced panel that upon agreement shall progress up to six bidders to a secondary tender competition stage that will have the opportunity to win the contract. Please see the enclosed documents, complete and submit via the timeframes suggested in the documentation along with the deadlines set within this e-procurement portal.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: An option to extend it for up to 2 further individual years beyond the Initial Term.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-056bc1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077885-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
45112700 - Landscaping work
45112710 - Landscaping work for green areas
45112713 - Landscaping work for roof gardens
45112720 - Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas
77211300 - Tree-clearing services
77211500 - Tree-maintenance services
77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming
77341000 - Tree pruning
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £800,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £800,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £860,028 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Nov 20252 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Nov 20252 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2028-06-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- KINGSTON UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@kingston.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KINGSTON UPON THAMES
- Postcode
- KT1 2EE
- Post Town
- Kingston upon Thames
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI6 Outer London - South
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Electoral Ward
- Kingston Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077885-2025
27th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077884-2025
27th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045514-2025
4th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045413-2025
1st August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/kingstonuniversity/aspx/Home
Tender documents available via the University e-Procurement portal
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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