# GB-Burton Upon Trent: Grounds Maintenance Service Delivery Model Options Appraisal

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [East Staffordshire Borough Council](/buyers/east-staffordshire-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £25,000
- Published: 6 December 2023
- Planned start: 29 January 2024
- Planned end: 29 March 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 4e1f41c5-df83-4426-b8c3-a1ca194228b3-705063
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-059e88f4-020c-41f3-ab05-dc919bcf0851

## Description

East Staffordshire Borough Council is seeking quotations from suitably qualified Applicants to quote for the undertaking of a feasibility study to explore the opportunities for an alternative delivery mechanism for the Council's outsourced Grounds Maintenance Services, including through an in-house service\. The Council wishes to procure an Options Appraisal from a suitably qualified organisation, in order to inform and shape the future delivery of its Grounds Maintenance Services within the Borough\. The primary requirement is for the successful consultant to identify and evaluate a range of 'in house' delivery options\* including; •Bringing the service directly 'in house' so that it is managed by the Council and Council officers directly; or •Bringing the service 'in house' but with the service operated by a Council owned Management Company at 'arm's length'; or •Bringing the service into local authority management but operated as a 'shared service' with a partner authority that is already operating the service directly\. \*N\.B\. if there are any other insourced options, the Council would be willing to consider those\. Full information is included in the Request for Quotation documents Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement\.The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. However, any selection will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement\. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www\.delta-esourcing\.com/tenders/UK-GB-Burton-Upon-Trent:-Grounds-Maintenance-Service-Delivery-Model-Options-Appraisal/Q7226H6W2C To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www\.delta-esourcing\.com/respond/Q7226H6W2C

## Related contract awards

- [GB-Burton upon Trent: Project Management and Cost Consultancy Service for RIBA Stages 5 and 6 \(Construction Stage\) of Phases 1 to 3, Burton High Street Project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b4bdc5bd-5fd5-487c-9343-408694b6cbf2): East Staffordshire Borough Council
- [GB-Burton upon Trent: High Street Demolition Works](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-204fd867-f077-4c71-91fa-31a68ac1e581): East Staffordshire Borough Council
- [Burton High Street Regeneration Design & Build Project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-13be547f-8c48-4f43-811b-a97c15f6f6b1): East Staffordshire Borough Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4e1f41c5-df83-4426-b8c3-a1ca194228b3-705063)