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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Provision of gardening services at British Embassy Kinshasa, DRC.

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71421000
Value£86k
Deadline11 Aug 2026
Published27 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 27 Jul 202615 days leftCloses 11 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Jennifer Emodi
Jennifer.Emodi@fcdo.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
£86ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Engineering & Architecture band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The British Embassy Kinshasa requires the provision of gardening services from a reliable provider on his properties.

The contractor will be required to provide these services over 5 days a week.

Additional hours of work, or requirements over and above normally stated business hours, will need to be managed as part of the contract.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The contractor will be required to provide

The contractor will be required to provide these services over 5 days a week.

02

Additional hours of work, or requirements over

Additional hours of work, or requirements over and above normally stated business hours, will need to be managed as part of the contract.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

59 daysof bid-team effort
£3.4k£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k 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 bidProfessional indemnity insurance (often £5–10m)
  • Show at bidChartered leads (CEng / RIBA / RICS) named with CVs
  • 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-06d477
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
070884-2026
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