Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Minerva Learning Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £580,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Agricultural & horticultural services · Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (CPV 77000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 005405-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Jan 2026
- Published21 Jan 2026Published 16 days after the contract date
Description
The procurement relates to the provision of grounds maintenance services across multiple sites operated by Minerva Learning Trust. The services comprise routine and reactive grounds maintenance activities, including but not limited to grass cutting, hedge and bush maintenance, shrub bed maintenance, hard surfaces and associated seasonal works required to maintain safe and well-presented external environments. Services are to be delivered to defined performance standards, frequencies, and site-specific schedules, ensuring safe, compliant, and well-maintained external environments across the Trust. The contract has been awarded following a further competition under the Crescent Purchasing Consortium Grounds Maintenance Services Framework, in compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
About the supplier
Countrywide Grounds Maintenance Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02798007).