Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)
The Lumen, St James Boulevard, Newcastle Helix
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 5BZ
UK
Telephone: +44 3001234500
E-mail: transparancy@homesengland.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ4
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Homes England - Lodge Hill Landscape Maintenance and Cleansing Contract 2025 -2030
Reference number: DN760051
II.1.2) Main CPV code
77314000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Homes England is currently seeking to appoint a competent Supplier for the provision of landscape maintenance and cleansing services at the Lodge Hill Site, Chattenden, Kent.
The contract is anticipated to start 01 April 2026. Completion is anticipated to 31 March 2029 with two optional +1 year extensions to 31 March 2031.
Typical planned Services under this contract comprise of but are not exclusively limited to the following:
• Site inspections, whereby the Supplier shall indicate; all matters relating to the maintenance specification, recommendations for necessary Service, incidences of vandalism, fly tipping, trespass and adjustments to the scheduled Service;
• Aquatic Plant Maintenance;
• Shrub Maintenance;
• Grass Cutting;
• Weed Control; and
• Cleansing.
This contract is a performance based, the performance of which will be monitored via Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
547 253.25
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ4
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Homes England is currently seeking to appoint a competent Supplier for the provision of landscape maintenance and cleansing services at the Lodge Hill Site, Chattenden, Kent.
The contract is anticipated to start 01 April 2026. Completion is anticipated to 31 March 2029 with two optional +1 year extensions to 31 March 2031.
Typical planned Services under this contract comprise of but are not exclusively limited to the following:
• Site inspections, whereby the Supplier shall indicate; all matters relating to the maintenance specification, recommendations for necessary Service, incidences of vandalism, fly tipping, trespass and adjustments to the scheduled Service;
• Aquatic Plant Maintenance;
• Shrub Maintenance;
• Grass Cutting;
• Weed Control; and
• Cleansing.
This contract is a performance based, the performance of which will be monitored via Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
II.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 40
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:
2025/S 000-006538
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/02/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
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: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
FGS Agri Ltd
Stanford Bridge Farm, Station Road
Pluckley
TN27 0RU
UK
NUTS: UKJ4
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 547 253.25
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Justice
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/02/2026