AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Karbon Homes has published a contract award notice for grounds maintenance across its geographical footprint, covering public open spaces and other owned properties. Nine pending awards allocate nine lots to five named suppliers; lot 6B is marked active but has no supplier, value or contract details.
Published outcomeThe published awards are pending, with standstill ending 26 October 2026 and a future signature date scheduled for 23 November 2026. The notice does not evidence signed or started contracts.
Market significanceThe nine valued pending awards total £3,364,222.36 excluding VAT (£4,038,266.85 including VAT). The initial stated term is 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029, with up to two 12-month extensions.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
5 supplier records analysed
THE AZURE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
99% confidenceAward 1, 3, 4 · Lots 1A, 1C, 2A · £1,490,265.12 excluding VAT (£1,788,317.91 including VAT) across its three pending awards GBP · Pending awards
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Awards 1, 3 and 4 name THE AZURE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION and respectively relate to lots 1A, 1C and 2A.
ASHWOOD GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 2 · Lots 1B · £422,862.64 excluding VAT (£507,435.17 including VAT) GBP · Pending award
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Award 2 names ASHWOOD GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LIMITED for lot 1B.
Practical Landscapes
97% confidenceAward 5, 7, 8 · Lots 2B, 5A, 5B · £817,907.08 excluding VAT (£981,488.50 including VAT) across its three pending awards GBP · Pending awards; source name is unverified
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Awards 5, 7 and 8 name Practical Landscapes for lots 2B, 5A and 5B; no verified legal company name was supplied.
NURTURE LANDSCAPES LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 6 · Lots 4 · £232,344.44 excluding VAT (£278,813.33 including VAT) GBP · Pending award
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Award 6 names NURTURE LANDSCAPES LIMITED for lot 4.
ESSENCE ESTATES NE LTD
97% confidenceAward 9 · Lots 6A · £401,843.28 excluding VAT (£482,211.94 including VAT) GBP · Pending award; source name is unverified
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Award 9 names ESSENCE ESTATES NE LTD for lot 6A; no verified legal company name was supplied.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract award notice on Find a Tender
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Document 097674-2026 is described as a contract award notice.
Award status
99% confidenceNine awards are pending; lot 6B has an active award record without award details.
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Awards 1–9 have status "pending"; award -1 is "active" and relates only to lot 6B.
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceNot evidenced as signed or concluded.
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Each valued award has a future signature date scheduled for 23 November 2026.
Planned service start
98% confidence1 April 2027
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Contract periods on awards 1–9 state startDate 2027-04-01.
VALUES
Published values explained
Total of nine valued pending awards
99% confidence£3,364,222.36 excluding VAT; £4,038,266.85 including VAT
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Sum of the net and gross values stated in awards 1–9.
Opportunity value ceiling
90% confidence£3,420,000
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Process-level value_max is £3,420,000; the notice does not state its VAT basis.
Lot 6B value
99% confidenceUnknown
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Active award -1 for lot 6B contains no value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice published
99% confidence17 June 2026
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Release history records tender notice 057344-2026 on 2026-06-17.
Tender submission deadline
99% confidence13 July 2026, 11:00 UTC
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Process submission_deadline is 2026-07-13T11:00:00Z.
Award notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Award notice 097674-2026 was published on 2026-10-15.
Standstill end
99% confidence26 October 2026, 23:59:59 UTC
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Awards 1–9 state this standstill end date.
Scheduled signature date
99% confidence23 November 2026
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Awards 1–9 each show a scheduled futureSignatureDate of 2026-11-23.
Planned initial term
98% confidence1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029
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Contract periods on awards 1–9 state these dates.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
99% confidenceGrounds maintenance
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The tender title is Grounds Maintenance and awards use CPV 77314000, Grounds maintenance services.
Operational coverage
98% confidencePublic open spaces, including grassed areas from large parks to very small sites, and other Karbon-owned properties.
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Tender description.
Delivery region
98% confidenceUKC (North East England)
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Each valued award specifies delivery address region UKC.
Lots with named pending awards
99% confidence1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 4, 5A, 5B and 6A
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Awards 1–9 each relate to one listed lot.
Lot 6B
99% confidenceNo published scope detail, supplier or value
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Lot 6B is listed as complete, while active award -1 contains only the related lot.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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Process procurementMethodDetails is Open procedure.
Framework indication
95% confidenceThe tender record indicates a framework agreement.
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Tender techniques.hasFrameworkAgreement is true.
Competition and evaluation
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
98% confidenceTwo years, planned from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029
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Contract periods on awards 1–9.
Extension provision
99% confidenceUp to two 12-month extensions, taking the maximum extent to 31 March 2031
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Awards 1–9 state "2 x 12 month extensions" and maxExtentDate 2031-03-31.
Contract execution
99% confidenceNot evidenced
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Future signature dates are scheduled, and the awards remain pending.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award structure
99% confidenceThe notice allocates distinct individual values to nine lots rather than reporting one shared multi-supplier value.
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Awards 1–9 each name one supplier, one related lot and a separate value.
Concentration
99% confidenceTHE AZURE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION has the largest disclosed pending-award total, £1,490,265.12 excluding VAT across three lots.
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Sum of awards 1, 3 and 4.
Market engagement implication
98% confidenceSuppliers should treat the published supplier and value allocations as pending rather than active contracts until a subsequent conclusion or contract notice confirms execution.
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Awards 1–9 are pending and have future signature milestones.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Pending awards
99% confidenceNine published supplier allocations are pending, so they should not be described as signed or active contracts.
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Awards 1–9 have status pending and scheduled future signature dates.
Incomplete lot 6B record
99% confidenceLot 6B has an active award record but no supplier, award date, value, contract period or scope detail.
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Award -1 relates to 6B and contains no such fields.
Lot descriptions
99% confidenceLot titles and descriptions were not supplied.
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All listed lots have null titles and descriptions.
Supplier identity limitation
98% confidencePractical Landscapes and ESSENCE ESTATES NE LTD are source-supplied names without a supplied verified legal company match; they are presented as unverified source names.
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Their supplier identity status is not_applicable and no verified company name is supplied.
Pricing basis
96% confidenceAward records provide both net and gross amounts, but the process-level £3.42m value ceiling has no stated VAT basis.
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Awards include amount and amountGross; process value_basis is null.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 6B has no published supplier, value, award date, contract dates or detailed scope despite an active award record.
- The published record does not evidence that any of the nine pending awards has been signed or that services have commenced.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bidder numbers, evaluation methodology or scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown, lot descriptions, and individual lot service volumes.
- Practical Landscapes and ESSENCE ESTATES NE LTD have no supplied verified legal company name; their displayed names remain unverified source names.
- The VAT basis of the process-level £3.42m value ceiling is not stated.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Karbon HomesGrounds MaintenanceFind a Tendergrounds maintenance servicesTHE AZURE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONASHWOOD GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LIMITEDNURTURE LANDSCAPES LIMITED
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Has Karbon Homes signed the Grounds Maintenance contracts?
No. The nine disclosed awards are pending, with signature scheduled for 23 November 2026.
Who has the largest disclosed pending allocation?
THE AZURE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, with £1,490,265.12 excluding VAT across lots 1A, 1C and 2A.
When are the services planned to start?
1 April 2027 for the nine valued pending awards.
What is known about lot 6B?
The notice marks an award record for lot 6B as active but publishes no supplier, value, date, contract period or scope detail.
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