Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Highland Council
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX
UK
Contact person: Gordon Duncan
Telephone: +44 1463702670
E-mail: gordon.duncan@highland.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM6
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.highland.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00045
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Grounds Maintenance – Provision of Machinery
Reference number: HC/C&P/GM/2025
II.1.2) Main CPV code
16310000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Highland Council have appointed 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.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 750 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
16310000
16311000
16311100
77112000
77314000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM6
Main site or place of performance:
There are 9 principal operational bases plus small local depots.
- Caithness, Sutherland, Easter Ross, Mid and West Ross, Skye and Lochalsh, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Lochaber
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Highland Council has appointed 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.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 40
Price
/ Weighting:
60
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-003298
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: HC/C&P/GM/2025
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/03/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Fairways (GM) Ltd.
Bridgend Industrial Estate, Clashburn Close
Kinross
KY138GF
UK
Telephone: +44 1577865586
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 750 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:780779)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Local Sheriff Court
Inverness
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/10/2024