Notice Information
Notice Title
General Grounds Maintenance for SEHSCT
Notice Description
Business Services Organisation (BSO), Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) seeks to provide a Contract for General Grounds Maintenance Services to meet the requirements of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (SEHSCT) in Northern Ireland.
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/064146-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
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
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Jul 20264 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Jul 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 16 Mar 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2026 - 31 Oct 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
- Additional Buyers
REGIONAL BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS
REGIONAL BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE
- 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
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN0E Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Electoral Ward
- Dundonald
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064146-2026
8th July 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053625-2026
8th June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017987-2026
27th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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.
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