{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-077511-2026-09-18T10:07:32+01:00", "date": "2026-09-18T10:07:32+01:00", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-077511", "initiationType": "tender", "parties": [ { "id": "GB-PPON-PZGG-1891-TDCX", "name": "Nottingham City Council", "identifier": { "scheme": "GB-PPON", "id": "PZGG-1891-TDCX" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "Loxley House, Station Street", "locality": "Nottingham", "postalCode": "NG2 3NG", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom", "region": "UKF14" }, "contactPoint": { "email": "procurement@nottinghamcity.gov.uk" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "url": "http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/", "classifications": [ { "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE", "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment", "description": "Public authority - sub-central government" } ] } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-PPON-PZGG-1891-TDCX", "name": "Nottingham City Council" }, "tender": { "id": "CPU 8586", "legalBasis": { "id": "2023/54", "scheme": "UKPGA", "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents" }, "title": "CPU 8586 Grounds Maintenance Operated Plant Framework", "description": "Nottingham City Council requires a Framework Agreement for the provision of specialist rural services to support Grounds Maintenance and Vegetation Management in Rural Highways Environments within the boundaries of Nottingham City Council and any future expanded highway area arising from Local Government Reorganisation. Services may include the provision of tractor operators and associated plant and equipment, including agricultural tractors, towable mowers, out-front mowers, flail arms, hedge cutters, embankment flail mowers, remote-controlled slope mowers, and tractor and trailer combinations, to support Highway-related projects. The Supplier shall provide plant, attachments and operators in accordance with this Contract Specification, the Framework Agreement, the Pricing Schedule, any applicable Call-Off Contract documentation, any site-specific requirements issued by the Authority, and Nottingham City Council's Generic Employers Work Information document and associated Appendices insofar as its requirements are relevant to the activities being undertaken: * Highway verge, embankment and rural vegetation management. * Grass cutting, flailing, hedge cutting and seasonal vegetation works. * Transport and movement of plant where required. * Specialist plant support for constrained or complex highway environments. Subject to suitability, the Council is seeking to appoint up to 3 Contractors to this framework. The overall framework will have an estimated total value of PS400,000 (VAT exclusive) The duration of the Framework is expected to be for up to 4 years at the Authority's discretion", "status": "active", "items": [ { "id": "1", "additionalClassifications": [ { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "45500000", "description": "Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "77211500", "description": "Tree-maintenance services" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "77312000", "description": "Weed-clearance services" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "77314000", "description": "Grounds maintenance services" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "77340000", "description": "Tree pruning and hedge trimming" } ], "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UKF14", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "value": { "amountGross": 480000, "amount": 400000, "currency": "GBP" }, "procurementMethod": "open", "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure", "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "aboveThreshold": true, "techniques": { "hasFrameworkAgreement": true, "frameworkAgreement": { "maximumParticipants": 3, "method": "withoutReopeningCompetition", "type": "closed", "description": "Call-offs from the Framework will be made by Direct Award according to the following criteria: The Employer will assemble a basket of items required to deliver the works, and apply the rates provided by each Contractor to the basket in order to determine the Price for each Contractor. The contract will be offered first to the Contractor whose basket is best priced. The Employer will telephone the Contractor selected as first choice for the direct award in accordance with the pricing schedule, to make them aware that a call-off is required and to detail the requirement. The Contractor will confirm their willingness to undertake the work. If this is not possible immediately, due to the specifics of the requirement, the Contractor will email the Employer within 24 hours, either confirming that they will be undertaking the work, or declining so to do. Should the first-choice supplier be unable or unwilling to undertake the work, the second-choice supplier will be approached in a similar fashion, and so forth. The Employer shall email the selected Contractor with the proposal for the works and the appropriate form of contract, priced in accordance with the Framework Pricing Schedule. The Contractor will return the completed form of contract by email to the Employer within 24 hours, whereupon the Employer will arrange for contract completion." } }, "submissionMethodDetails": "http://www.eastmidstender.org/", "submissionTerms": { "electronicSubmissionPolicy": "allowed", "languages": [ "en" ] }, "tenderPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-10-30T12:00:00Z" }, "enquiryPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-10-23T12:00:00+01:00" }, "awardPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-12-21T23:59:59Z" }, "lots": [ { "id": "1", "status": "active", "value": { "amountGross": 480000, "amount": 400000, "currency": "GBP" }, "awardCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "type": "price", "name": "Price", "numbers": [ { "number": 70, "weight": "percentageExact" } ] }, { "type": "quality", "name": "Quality", "numbers": [ { "number": 20, "weight": "percentageExact" } ] }, { "type": "quality", "name": "Social Value", "numbers": [ { "number": 10, "weight": "percentageExact" } ] } ] }, "suitability": { "sme": true, "vcse": true }, "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2026-12-21T00:00:00Z", "endDate": "2030-12-20T23:59:59Z" } } ], "documents": [ { "id": "conflictOfInterest", "documentType": "conflictOfInterest", "description": "Not published" }, { "id": "L-1", "documentType": "biddingDocuments", "url": "http://www.eastmidstender.org/" }, { "id": "L-2", "documentType": "technicalSpecifications", "url": "http://www.eastmidstender.org/" }, { "id": "088505-2026", "documentType": "tenderNotice", "noticeType": "UK4", "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088505-2026", "datePublished": "2026-09-18T10:07:32+01:00", "format": "text/html" } ], "hasRecurrence": true, "recurrence": { "dates": [ { "startDate": "2030-09-02T23:59:59+01:00" } ] }, "riskDetails": "Nottingham and Nottinghamshire may be subject to Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), a national programme led by central government to restructure two-tier authorities into single unitary councils. This process involves Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, the district/borough councils, and the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, and may lead to changes in governance, boundaries and service delivery arrangements that could affect this contract. Tenderers should therefore note that organisational and contractual arrangements may need to adapt in line with any LGR implementation" }, "language": "en" }