Green Flag Award Scheme

Contract summary

Industry

• Administrative recreational, cultural and religious services - 75124000

• Environmental services - 90700000

• Recreational, cultural and sporting services - 92000000

Show additional CPV codes for this notice

• Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom, Europe, Rest of the World

Value of contract

£0 to £14,000,000

Procurement reference

CPD4122054

Published date

21 November 2024

Closing date

14 January 2025

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 September 2025

Contract end date

31 August 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

MHCLG require a Supplier to deliver and manage the Green Flag Award Scheme ('the Scheme') on a concessionary contract basis.

The Scheme is both a national and international benchmark for quality public green spaces such as parks and community gardens - considered by the green space sector as the annual MOT for green space. It is highly regarded and credited with being a cost-effective way to raise the quality of urban green space and local people's engagement with it.

The Scheme is recognised and used by the majority of local authority green space managers and increasingly by community and voluntary groups. With over 2,200 green spaces currently accredited the Scheme is considered to have significant growth potential and the principal ambition for the future running of the Scheme under Contract is to see the majority of green spaces in the United Kingdom, and beyond, accredited. The Scheme has predominantly covered parks and community gardens, but its range now extends to woodlands, nature reserves, allotments, cemeteries, and open spaces around social housing and shopping centres.

The detail of the Scheme is set out in Raising the Standard, a standard of management for parks and green spaces. MHCLG currently considers that Raising the Standard to be the underpinning handbook for the Scheme and for interpreting the Scheme criteria that guides its operation, however proposals for innovating the Scheme are encouraged.

Further detail on the current Scheme can be found on the existing website: https://www.greenflagaward.org/

The estimated Concession Value (income) of this Contract is £6M over the initial 5 year period and £14M over the maximum 10 year period, however MHCLG make no guarantee as to level of revenue available.

You can access the procurement documents by registering on the the e-Sourcing portal (https://mhclg.force.com/login).

Once you have clicked to register your interest, you then need to navigate to 'My Proposals and Quotes' where you should have visibility of the documents.

Under the Document tab within the procurement-project record the documents are listed and can be downloaded.

If you have any issues with accessing the portal or password resets then please contact Atamis

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Green Flag Award Accreditation Scheme - Pre-Tender Market Engagement

• Early engagement
• Published 19 September 2023, last edited 23 November 2023

Additional text

You can access the procurement documents by registering on the the e-Sourcing portal (https://mhclg.force.com/login).

Once you have clicked to register your interest, you then need to navigate to 'My Proposals and Quotes' where you should have visibility of the documents.

Under the Document tab within the procurement-project record the documents are listed and can be downloaded.

If you have any issues with accessing the portal or password resets then please contact Atamis directly at support@atamis.co.uk.

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About the buyer

Address

2 Marsham Street
LONDON
SW1P4DF
England

Email

commercialtenders@communities.gov.uk