AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
London Borough of Hillingdon awarded three tree-maintenance lots covering highways, housing and corporate sites. PRO LANDSCAPES MDX LTD is the verified supplier for Lot 1; GLENDALE COUNTRYSIDE LIMITED for Lot 2; and JOHN O'CONNER (GROUNDS MAINTENANCE) LIMITED for Lot 3. The published contract record explicitly confirms a signed, active Lot 1 contract from 5 October 2026.
Published outcomeThree active awards were recorded on 31 July 2026. A signed contract record is supplied only for Lot 1.
Market significanceThe requirement covers council-owned trees across Hillingdon, including planned tree work and 24/7 emergency call-outs, split between three operational areas.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
3 supplier records analysed
PRO LANDSCAPES MDX LTD
98% confidenceAward 1 · Lots Lot 1: North Highways and Boroughwide out of hours call outs · £1,741,322 GBP · Verified supplier; award active; signed active contract record supplied
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Award 1 supplier mapping verifies company number 09207539; award 1 is active. Contract 1 is linked to award 1 and has active status and a signed date.
GLENDALE COUNTRYSIDE LIMITED
97% confidenceAward 2 · Lots Lot 2 - South Highways · £2,188,162 GBP · Verified supplier; award active
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Award 2 supplier mapping verifies company number 02121098; award 2 is active.
JOHN O'CONNER (GROUNDS MAINTENANCE) LIMITED
97% confidenceAward 3 · Lots Lot 3: Housing and Corporate sites · £655,941 GBP · Verified supplier; award active
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Award 3 supplier mapping verifies company number 02617638; award 3 is active.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete / awarded
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Process status is "complete" and display status is "awarded".
Lot 1 contract status
99% confidenceActive and signed
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Contract 1 has status "active" and dateSigned "2026-10-05".
Lot 2 and Lot 3 contract status
95% confidenceActive awards recorded; signed contract details not supplied
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Awards 2 and 3 are marked active, but the supplied contract array contains only contract 1 linked to award 1.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award values
98% confidenceLot 1: £1,741,322; Lot 2: £2,188,162; Lot 3: £655,941 (GBP)
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The three supplied award records state these values.
Lot 1 signed contract value
99% confidence£2,964,323 gross (GBP)
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 2,964,323 GBP.
Value reconciliation
99% confidenceThe Lot 1 award value (£1,741,322) differs from the supplied signed-contract gross value (£2,964,323); no explanation or value basis reconciliation is supplied.
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Award 1 and contract 1 report different values.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Preliminary market engagement notice
97% confidence10 March 2026
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Release history lists release 021121-2026 on 2026-03-10.
Tender notice
97% confidence17 April 2026
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Release history lists release 035406-2026 on 2026-04-17.
Award date
98% confidence31 July 2026
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All three award records state award_date 2026-07-31.
Lot 1 contract signed and started
99% confidence5 October 2026
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Contract 1 states dateSigned and period.startDate of 2026-10-05.
Lot 1 initial end date
99% confidence4 November 2029
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2029-11-04.
Latest supplied contract-details publication
98% confidence19 October 2026
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Document 098256-2026 has datePublished 2026-10-19.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service coverage
96% confidenceTree maintenance for council-owned trees in parks and open spaces, woodlands, housing estates, tenants' gardens, highways and social services establishments.
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Process description lists these asset and service locations.
Activities
96% confidencePruning, felling, stump removal and 24-hour, year-round emergency call-outs.
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Process description lists these activities.
Lot structure
98% confidenceLot 1 North Highways and boroughwide out-of-hours; Lot 2 South Highways; Lot 3 Housing and Corporate sites.
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Process description and supplied award titles identify the three lots.
Classification
91% confidenceTree-clearing, tree-cutting and tree-maintenance services.
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Lot 1 award item lists CPV 77211300, 77211400 and 77211500.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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Process procurementMethod is "open" and procurementMethodDetails is "Open procedure".
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids, evaluation scores and award rationale are unknown.
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Lot 1 initial term
99% confidence5 October 2026 to 4 November 2029
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Contract 1 period.startDate and period.endDate.
Lot 1 extension option
98% confidenceUp to 4 October 2031, subject to service and commercial considerations
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Contract 1 maxExtentDate is 2031-10-04 and renewal description specifies an extension of up to two years.
Performance measures
94% confidenceKPIs have been set; the published data does not provide their content.
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Contract 1 noAgreedMetricsRationale states that Key Performance Indicators have been set.
Terms for Lots 2 and 3
98% confidenceNot supplied as contract records.
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Only contract 1 is included in the supplied contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Operational model
96% confidenceThe lot split separates north-highway and boroughwide emergency coverage, south-highway work, and housing/corporate sites.
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Published lot descriptions identify these service divisions.
Emergency capability
94% confidenceLot 1 includes boroughwide out-of-hours call-outs within a requirement for 24/7, year-round emergency response.
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Lot 1 title states boroughwide out-of-hours call-outs; overall description specifies 24-hour, 365/7 emergency duties.
Contract value interpretation
98% confidencePublished figures should not be compared as directly equivalent until the difference between the Lot 1 award value and gross signed-contract value is clarified.
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The two published Lot 1 values differ and no reconciliation is provided.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Lot 1 value inconsistency
99% confidenceThe award record reports £1,741,322, while the signed contract record reports £2,964,323 gross. Neither value is substituted for the other.
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Supplied award 1 and contract 1 values.
Partial contract detail
99% confidenceOnly Lot 1 has a supplied contract record, signed date, period and contract value. Lots 2 and 3 are represented by active award records and verified supplier mappings only.
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Contracts array contains only contract 1; awards array contains three awards.
Unpublished fields
99% confidenceLot-level descriptions, individual contract terms for Lots 2 and 3, bid counts, scoring, pricing breakdowns and award rationale are not supplied in the published notice data.
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Information not supplied in the provided records.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The Lot 1 award value (£1,741,322) conflicts with the supplied signed-contract gross value (£2,964,323), with no published explanation or value-basis reconciliation.
- Signed contract data, dates, values and term details for Lots 2 and 3 were not supplied.
- Information on bid counts, bidder identities beyond winners, evaluation, scores, pricing and award rationale was not supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
London Borough of Hillingdontree maintenancetree serviceshighways maintenancePRO LANDSCAPES MDX LTDGLENDALE COUNTRYSIDE LIMITEDJOHN O'CONNER (GROUNDS MAINTENANCE) LIMITED
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Hillingdon tree maintenance lots?
PRO LANDSCAPES MDX LTD won Lot 1, GLENDALE COUNTRYSIDE LIMITED won Lot 2, and JOHN O'CONNER (GROUNDS MAINTENANCE) LIMITED won Lot 3.
Is there a signed contract?
The supplied data explicitly records a signed, active contract for Lot 1 from 5 October 2026. Equivalent contract records for Lots 2 and 3 were not supplied.
What does the work cover?
Tree maintenance including pruning, felling, stump removal and emergency call-outs across council-owned sites in Hillingdon.
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