Hard and Soft Landscaping Contract

What the buyer is asking for

London Borough of Enfield (''The Authority'') is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced supplier for the provision of Hard and Soft Landscaping Contract, which is to include Minor Civil Engineering Works and Parks and Open Spaces Infrastructure Maintenance Works across the London Borough of Enfield including satellite sites outside the boundaries of London Borough of Enfield. The scope of the Contract will include, but not be limited to: park and open space carriageway, car park and footpath reconstruction, drainage improvement works, play equipment inspection, repair, maintenance and replacement, public highway grass verge protection measures, the supply and installation of fencing and gates, wetland construction, flood alleviation and drainage projects, rain garden construction and planting, site investigations and trial excavations, and the supply and installation of planters, planting, turfing and topsoil. The scope will also include access through this contract to suppliers providing specialised and bespoke materials and play equipment. The Supplier shall be responsible for providing all necessary management and supervision, labour, plant, equipment and materials required to deliver the works safely, efficiently and in accordance with project specific requirements. The aim of this new contract is to provide opportunities to SME’s in the vicinity of the London Borough of Enfield that can provide socio-economic benefit to local people and local business. The contract will provide a schedule of rates which will be used to deliver capital, revenue, and grant funding projects. The contract will cover multiple budgets and projects, and has no guaranteed contract spend. Therefore the financial breakdown changes annually and for every individual project. The form of contract will be the ‘ICC Term Version August 2011 edition updated May 2015 with Special Conditions as added by the London Borough of Enfield. The duration of the Contract will be 3 years with the option to extend up to 36 months or part thereof, subject to supplier performance and at the full discretion of the Authority.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 70%pricePrice70%
• 30%qualityQuality30%

What you must already have

Conditions of participation. These are pass or fail, so check them before writing anything.

• economic

  Supplier must submit up-to-date core supplier information on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) and share this information with the Employer via a downloaded PDF file as part of tender submission. The Employer has specified a Minimum Financial Threshold (Turnover) as £2,5 million for this contract and if the Supplier does not meet the Minimum Financial Threshold (Turnover), they will be required to provide a financial security in the form of a PCG or an acceptable alternative to the Employer. A Financial Viability Risk Assessment Tool (FVRA) must be completed by each organisation (i.e., a Single Organisation, Parent Company/Guarantor or in the case of a consortia, each group member) to assess Suppliers financial capacity to perform the contract. Suppliers are required to confirm whether they already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the required levels of insurance cover. Please refer to the Procurement Documentation for more information.

• technical

  The Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) are used to assess a Supplier’s legal and financial capacity and technical ability to deliver the works, which the Supplier must pass to meet minimum requirements and to have its Tender assed in accordance with the assessment methodology and award criteria. The Authority uses the Common Assessment Standard (CAS) as the preferred prequalification method for works procurements in accordance with PPN 03/24 and the assessment is embedded in the PSQ. The Authority accepts CAS Desktop certification from any of the Recognised Assessment Body. Suppliers will be required to already hold, or commit to obtaining within a reasonable timeframe, the following: RPII (Register of Play Inspectors International) accreditation Please refer to the Procurement Documentation for more information.

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice publishedyesterday

   9 Nov 2026, 18:37 GMT
2. Clarification questions byin 24 days

   4 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
3. Submission deadlinein 57 days

   6 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 114 days

   4 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice9 Nov 2026, 18:37 GMT106441-2026

Payment terms

Please refer to procurement documentation

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender