Published date: 7 September 2022

This notice was replaced on 7 June 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 7 June 2023)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Grounds maintenance services - 77314000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£1,000,000

Procurement reference

DCH001-DN623124-05752818

Published date

7 September 2022

Closing date

13 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 January 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

LiveWest provides over 38,000 homes to over 80,000 people throughout the Southwest from Gloucestershire to the Isles of Scilly. We have plans to build over 6,000 homes in the area over the next five years, developing new homes of all tenures including low-cost rent and sale, market rent and sale, and a range of supported housing and intermediate housing products, creating choice and flexibility.
LiveWest maintains its communal areas and grounds to a high standard agreed in consultations with our residents. with this tender, we are looking to procure grounds maintenance services for our schemes in Devon and Cornwall areas.
LiveWest's grounds maintenance specifications centre around our "Total Site Care" approach. This means that all asset types at all schemes to be maintained at or above contract standards at all time during the course of the contract period with scheme presenting to a high standard through the year.
Grounds maintenance contracts will be managed by team of dedicated, professional and experienced managers as part of the Estate Services Team. Estate Services Team will work closely to develop close working partnerships with the winning contractors while keeping our customers at the centre of performance monitoring.

As part of this tender process, tenderers may be required to participate in a non-scored conversation in relation to environmental impact.

This will involve an conversation where each supplier will be asked a set of environmental questions, specific to the project by the operational lead, and a member of the environmental team.

We are carrying out this activity to better understand the environmental impact of carrying out our investment programme and how this may affect future procurement activities.


About the buyer

Contact name

Rory Fincher

Address

1 Wellington Way
Skypark Business Park
Exeter
EX5 2FZ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 7966873543

Email

rory.fincher@livewest.co.uk

Website

https://www.livewest.co.uk/