Grounds Maintenance – Provision of Machinery
Details
- Buyer
- Highland Council
- Value
- £2,750,000
- Topic
- Mowers
- Published
- 1 February 2024
- Submission
- 4 March 2024
Tender description
The Highland Council requires a single Contractor for the provision of pedestrian, small, medium and high output industrial mowers, on a full maintenance hire basis annually from 01 April 2025 until November 2029. This date shall be subject to one or two weeks potentially on either side of this date depending on how the season develops. The basic requirement of this Contract is to have well maintained large commercial mowers available to the Authority’s Grounds Maintenance teams, with minimal interruption to productivity throughout the grass-cutting season. The Contractor shall use their professional expertise and skill to provide and support their Machinery effectively within the Authority, by means of timeous repair of breakdowns, or the rapid deployment of substitute Machinery. The Contractor shall prepare a maintenance programme detailing when maintenance shall be undertaken. The Contractor must be able to provide all of the required 50 machines and be able to service all 9 geographic areas.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published1 February 2024Current notice
- Completed: Submission date4 March 2024
About the buyer
Highland Council is the local authority for Scotland's largest council area and runs procurement through a dedicated Procurement Unit. Larger contracts are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national tendering portal for Scottish public bodies. Smaller purchases are handled as direct quotations, with staff approaching at least three suppliers. Commercial and Procurement Shared Services pools buying expertise across Highland, Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils. Contract standing orders set out the rules for open, fair and accountable procurement. The Supplier Development Programme offers free bid training to businesses bidding for council contracts.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of Highland Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.
Relevant CPV codes
- 16310000 · Mowers
- 16311000 · Lawnmowers
- 16311100 · Lawn, park or sports-ground mowers
- 77112000 · Hire of mowers or agricultural equipment with operator
- 77314000 · Grounds maintenance services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@highland-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@highland-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@highland-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@highland-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@highland-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@highland-council.gov |
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