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title: "Grounds Maintenance Services"
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buyer: "MAGENTA LIVING"
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# Grounds Maintenance Services

Buyer: MAGENTA LIVING  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-348ea552-0ddc-4bb3-a45a-07673b4d56f7

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## Summary

Magenta Living, the largest Registered Provider of affordable housing in Wirral, is seeking tenders for Grounds Maintenance Services through an EU Restricted Procedure. The procurement process involves three separate lots, with contracts lasting four years each and options to extend up to eight years. The tender period ends on 5 June 2017, with services commencing on 1 January 2018. Interested suppliers must submit their responses via the Magenta Living e-tendering portal and comply with the required documentation as outlined in the procurement details, including the submission of a Selection Questionnaire (SQ) at this first stage.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in grounds maintenance or landscaping services, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs). As the services cover a diverse range of residential properties and landscapes, companies with experience in maintaining open spaces, gardens, and associated facilities would be well-suited to compete. Winning a contract from Magenta Living could provide a stable revenue stream for the successful bidders over the potential eight-year engagement.

## Notice

Magenta Living is seeking Tenders for their Grounds Maintenance Services under the EU Restricted Procedure. With approximately 12,400 properties, Magenta Living (WPH) is the largest Registered Provider of affordable housing in Wirral. The assets owned and managed by Magenta Living (ML) includes properties for residential use, buildings for a variety of purposes and substantial areas of land. For the purposes of this tendering exercise the definition of Magenta's land or grounds includes open space, open plan gardens, gardens and other areas associated with enclosed sheltered and supported housing schemes, low rise and high rise flats shrubbed areas and residential gardens. The Services are to be divided into 3 Lots - details of the Lots can be found within the Procurement documents. Magenta Living wishes to enter into separate four (4) year Contract(s) - 1 for each Lot. Each Contract has an option to extend by up to a further 2 years plus a further 2 years at Magenta Living's discretion. The total duration of each Contract could be up to 8 years. The target commencement date for provision of the services is 2nd January 2018. Suppliers wishing to tender for these services must do so via the Magenta Living e-tendering portal https://procontract.due-north.com/register. Any queries or correspondence regarding this procurement must be sent via the messaging facility on the portal linked to this tendering exercise. Direct emails or phone calls to Magenta Living staff will not be acceptable. Additional information: the procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access at https://procontract.due-north.com/register. Interested parties must register their interest in this procurement via the ProContract site at https://www.housingprocurement.com/ and complete and submit their SQ return together with any supporting information requested by the closing date stated in the OJEU Contract Notice 2017/S 087-169993 Magenta Living have published the whole of the ITT documents for transparency purposes in accordance with the Public Contracts Regs 2015. However this is a 2 stage procurement process, requiring completion and submission of the SQ only at this 1st stage of the tendering process, (Parts 1 and 2 of which may be in the form of the ESPD). Only bidders shortlisted following evaluation of SQ's will be Invited to Tender. At this stage bidders are not required to complete the Tender Response Questionnaires or Pricing Schedule

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6bf47acd-3262-4c98-9b38-a7afda774844 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Jan 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 5 Jun 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Nov 2017 |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £3,054,277 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MAGENTA LIVING |
| Locality | BIRKENHEAD |
| Post town | Chester |
| Postcode | CH41 5AA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD74 Wirral |
| Local authority | Wirral |
| Electoral ward | Birkenhead and Tranmere |
| Westminster constituency | Birkenhead |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | ASSIST MANAGED SERVICES; CONTINENTAL LANDSCAPES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services

## Release History

- 8 Jan 2018 at 10:11 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6bf47acd-3262-4c98-9b38-a7afda774844
- 8 May 2017 at 08:19 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6bf47acd-3262-4c98-9b38-a7afda774844

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6bf47acd-3262-4c98-9b38-a7afda774844
  8th May 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com/register
- https://www.housingprocurement.com/

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