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General Grounds Maintenance for SEHSCT

Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

17 Sep 2026 at 12:01

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

13 Aug 2026 at 13:55

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
TenderUpdate

08 Jul 2026 at 12:15

UK4 - Tender Notice
Tender

08 Jun 2026 at 09:52

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

27 Feb 2026 at 14:31

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust procured general grounds maintenance services across its sites in Northern Ireland. The scope covers routine maintenance of grounds and green areas, tree pruning, hedge trimming, tree maintenance and tree clearance, together with planting and maintenance services for landscaped areas. The Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service managed the procurement for the Trust. This is a public-sector estate maintenance requirement suited to landscaping, arboricultural and grounds-care contractors able to provide a broad service across multiple healthcare locations. The contract is categorised as services, with grounds maintenance services as the main requirement and related tree-care and green-area maintenance activities forming part of the overall scope.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded following an open procedure. S M Cuffey Landscapes was selected from two valid bids. The award was made on 12 August 2026, with a value of £8,355,504.83 excluding VAT and £10,026,605.79 including VAT. The contract was signed on 28 August 2026 and runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2029, with options to extend for periods totalling up to 48 months, potentially to 30 September 2033. Bids were due by 15:00 on 15 July 2026, after an extension, and enquiries closed at 15:00 on 1 July 2026. Evaluation weighted price at 90% and quality, including social value, at 10%.

This award demonstrates substantial, multi-site demand from a Northern Ireland health and social care organisation for an integrated grounds and arboricultural service. A future competitor would need credible capability across routine grounds maintenance, planting, green-area care, hedge trimming, pruning, tree maintenance and tree clearance, rather than a narrow single-service offer. Operational capacity matters: the contract requires scheduled routine tasks to be completed within agreed timescales and supported by accurate, timely service reports. Suppliers should also be able to measure and evidence performance through structured reporting, manage work consistently across healthcare sites, and deliver social-value initiatives with progress reports to Social Value NI. The opportunity was identified as suitable for SMEs, indicating that smaller firms with sufficient coverage and delivery capacity may compete, potentially through collaboration.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

General Grounds Maintenance for SEHSCT

Notice Description

This procurement is for the provision General Grounds Maintenance for the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: The right to additional services while the contract is valid. The Buyer reserves the right to increase the service range depending on their requirements. The estimated values quoted allow for potential growth and increases to the service.

Renewal: The Buyer will have the option to extend the contract for any period(s) up to 2 x 24-month periods.

Planning Information

This is a Pre Market Engagement Notice to seek engagement with the market place to ascertain how suppliers can assist in ensuring that HSCNI can ensure that SEHSCT Grounds are effectively maintained across all sites. To this end, BSO Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) wish to engage with potential suppliers on behalf of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through a questionnaire. Any interested suppliers are required to submit their completed questionnaire electronically via the eTendersNI platform. All correspondence in relation to this tender will be communicated via the secure eTendersNI messaging area. Suppliers will be required to return answers to the questionnaire and any comments no later than 15:00 on Monday 16th March 2026. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-065e76
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088143-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

CPV Codes

77211300 - Tree-clearing services

77211500 - Tree-maintenance services

77310000 - Planting and maintenance services of green areas

77314000 - Grounds maintenance services

77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming

77341000 - Tree pruning

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£8,355,504 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£8,355,504 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£8,355,504 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£8,355,504 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
15 Jul 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
12 Aug 20261 months ago
Contract Period
1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service
Additional Buyers

South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT12 6HU
Postcode Area
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN Northern Ireland
Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Blackstaff
Westminster Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SM Cuffey Landscapes

Further Information

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