Notice Information
Notice Title
Arden Multi Academy Trust - Grounds Maintenance
Notice Description
Trust is currently out to tender for the provision of a Grounds Maintenance service. The contract is being offered for three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months. The contract commencement date is 13 April 2026. The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a grounds maintenance service for the Trust. This will consist of services for each school across all sites. There is a combined total of 308,324m2 (entire school site square meterage) and 34,300m2 Building Footprint across all sites with approximately 6,000 pupils on roll. TUPE/LGPS does not apply to this tender. The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of skilled ground maintenance operatives providing an efficient and timely maintenance service.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The duration detailed above includes the initial term of 3 years as well as the 2 optional contract extension periods of 12 months each.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a0b0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059108-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Sep 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 12 Apr 2026 - 12 Apr 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2027-09-24
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ARDEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Ben Jones
- Contact Email
- tenders@minervapcs.com
- Contact Phone
- +441256467107
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOLIHULL
- Postcode
- B93 0PT
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ37 North Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- TLG3 West Midlands
-
- Local Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Electoral Ward
- Norden
- Westminster Constituency
- Basingstoke
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059108-2025
24th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/minervapcs/aspx/Home
All documents are being provided on publication of this Tender Notice. They will be hosted, and are freely available, on the In-tend portal for Minerva Procurement Consultancy Services Limited.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
{
"tag": [
"compiled"
],
"id": "ocds-h6vhtk-05a0b0-2025-09-24T10:04:22+01:00",
"date": "2025-09-24T10:04:22+01:00",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-05a0b0",
"initiationType": "tender",
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-COH-07375267",
"name": "ARDEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST",
"identifier": {
"scheme": "GB-COH",
"id": "07375267"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Station Road",
"locality": "Solihull",
"postalCode": "B93 0PT",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKG32"
},
"contactPoint": {
"name": "Ben Jones",
"email": "tenders@minervapcs.com",
"telephone": "+441256467107"
},
"roles": [
"buyer"
],
"details": {
"url": "https://www.ardenmat.org.uk/",
"classifications": [
{
"scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
"id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
"description": "Public authority - sub-central government"
}
]
}
},
{
"id": "GB-COH-07144956",
"name": "Minerva Procurement Consultancy Services Limited",
"identifier": {
"scheme": "GB-COH",
"id": "07144956"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "117 Devonshire House, Aviary Court",
"locality": "Basingstoke",
"postalCode": "RG24 8PE",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKJ37"
},
"contactPoint": {
"name": "Ben Jones",
"email": "tenders@minervapcs.com",
"telephone": "+441256467107"
},
"roles": [
"procuringEntity",
"processContactPoint"
],
"roleDetails": "Procurement consultancy managing the tender process for Arden Multi Academy Trust",
"details": {
"url": "http://www.minervapcs.com"
}
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-COH-07375267",
"name": "ARDEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST"
},
"tender": {
"id": "MPN-10341",
"legalBasis": {
"id": "2023/54",
"scheme": "UKPGA",
"uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
},
"title": "Arden Multi Academy Trust - Grounds Maintenance",
"description": "Trust is currently out to tender for the provision of a Grounds Maintenance service. The contract is being offered for three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months. The contract commencement date is 13 April 2026. The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a grounds maintenance service for the Trust. This will consist of services for each school across all sites. There is a combined total of 308,324m2 (entire school site square meterage) and 34,300m2 Building Footprint across all sites with approximately 6,000 pupils on roll. TUPE/LGPS does not apply to this tender. The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of skilled ground maintenance operatives providing an efficient and timely maintenance service.",
"status": "active",
"items": [
{
"id": "1",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "77314000",
"description": "Grounds maintenance services"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UKG3",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
}
],
"relatedLot": "1"
}
],
"value": {
"amountGross": 600000,
"amount": 500000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"procurementMethod": "selective",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Competitive flexible procedure",
"procedure": {
"features": "Duty to Consider Lots As part of the initial project set up and approval stage of the tender process, Arden Multi Academy Trust discussed with Minerva Procurement Consultancy Services Limited the possibility of splitting the tender into more than one lot/contract. On the basis that Arden Multi Academy Trust considered that consistency of service provision, lack of resource for contract management and delivering value for money were best secured through one Trust-wide contract it was agreed that lots were not appropriate for this tender process. Full details of the description of the process being used are contained within the documents accompanying this tender. Stage 1 Conditions of participation with evaluation Suppliers are invited to submit a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) response. Submissions will be evaluated based on the criteria detailed in the PSQ documentation. A maximum of five suppliers will be taken forward to the Invitation to Tender stage of the process. Where less than five suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the Invitation to Tender stage. Where more than five suppliers meet the minimum standard, those suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the Invitation to Tender stage. Stage 2 Invitation to Tender with evaluation Suppliers shortlisted to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage will be required to submit their final tender and will be evaluated on the criteria detailed in the ITT documentation. Envisaged shortlist of the three highest scoring bidders to be invited to: Stage 3 Presentation Day Stage 4 Assessment Summaries and Publication of Contract Award Notice (commencing 8 working day standstill period) Stage 5 Publication of Contract Details Notice Further details of the CFP can be found in the documentation accompanying this tender."
},
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"aboveThreshold": true,
"submissionMethodDetails": "Full details of how to submit are contained within the documents accompanying this tender. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/minervapcs/aspx/Home",
"submissionTerms": {
"electronicSubmissionPolicy": "allowed",
"languages": [
"en"
]
},
"expressionOfInterestDeadline": "2025-10-29T17:00:00+00:00",
"enquiryPeriod": {
"endDate": "2025-10-01T17:00:00+01:00"
},
"awardPeriod": {
"endDate": "2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
},
"lots": [
{
"id": "1",
"status": "active",
"value": {
"amountGross": 600000,
"amount": 500000,
"currency": "AED"
},
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"type": "quality",
"name": "Quality",
"description": "Full details of the weightings and evaluation criteria are contained within the documents accompanying this tender.",
"numbers": [
{
"number": 70,
"weight": "percentageExact"
}
]
},
{
"type": "price",
"name": "Price",
"description": "Full details of the weightings and evaluation criteria are contained within the documents accompanying this tender.",
"numbers": [
{
"number": 30,
"weight": "percentageExact"
}
]
}
]
},
"contractPeriod": {
"startDate": "2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00",
"endDate": "2029-04-12T23:59:59+01:00",
"maxExtentDate": "2031-04-12T23:59:59+01:00"
},
"hasRenewal": true,
"renewal": {
"description": "The duration detailed above includes the initial term of 3 years as well as the 2 optional contract extension periods of 12 months each."
}
}
],
"documents": [
{
"id": "L-1",
"documentType": "biddingDocuments",
"description": "All documents are being provided on publication of this Tender Notice. They will be hosted, and are freely available, on the In-tend portal for Minerva Procurement Consultancy Services Limited.",
"url": "https://in-tendhost.co.uk/minervapcs/aspx/Home"
},
{
"id": "conflictOfInterest",
"documentType": "conflictOfInterest",
"description": "Not published"
},
{
"id": "059108-2025",
"documentType": "tenderNotice",
"noticeType": "UK4",
"description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
"url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059108-2025",
"datePublished": "2025-09-24T10:04:22+01:00",
"format": "text/html"
}
],
"hasRecurrence": true,
"recurrence": {
"dates": [
{
"startDate": "2027-09-24T23:59:59Z"
}
]
}
},
"language": "en"
}