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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

SOL-Schools Grounds Maintenance DPS

Agriculture & ForestryCPV 77314000
Value£1.7m
Deadline15 Aug 2027
Published7 Jul 2022
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 7 Jul 2022387 days leftCloses 15 Aug 2027
Who to contact
procteam@solihull.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.7mtotal contract value
median £150k
this tender£0£3.5m

This is a large award for Agriculture, Forestry & Horticulture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 3,317 valued Agriculture, Forestry & Horticulture tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) covering Schools' Grounds Maintenance Services which will be open for use by Schools and other educational establishments within the Borough of Solihull.

This broadly covers:General Grounds Maintenance, Maintenance of Trees, Maintenance and Repair of Artificial Surfaces 2G/3G/4G including Sports pitches.

The DPS will be divided into 18 Lots.

Each Lot will cover a geographical ward within the Borough of Solihull and within those wards will be a number of schools.

Suppliers can apply join one of more Lots, or may wish to be considered for Lot 18 which covers all Lots and hence all schools within Solihull.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidSSIP-family accreditation
  • Hold at bidWaste carrier / pesticide / arboricultural certifications as relevant
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034f9f
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
018679-2022
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