AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council has published a contract award notice for a single-lot arboriculture services framework. Three pending awards name R&M Greenkeeper Ltd, CLIVE RICHARDSON LIMITED and Mc Auley Tree Surgery. The notice schedules signature after standstill; it does not evidence signed or active contracts.
Published outcomeThree suppliers are named in pending awards for Lot 1, each with a published gross award value of £55,999.
Market significanceThe framework covers planned and reactive arboricultural work across the ABC Borough, including work outside normal hours, weekends and public holidays. Three suppliers have been selected, subject to completion of the pending award process.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
3 supplier records analysed
R&M Greenkeeper Ltd
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots Lot 1 · 55999 GBP · pending
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Award 1 names R&M Greenkeeper Ltd as supplier for related Lot 1, with gross value £55,999 and pending status.
CLIVE RICHARDSON LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 2 · Lots Lot 1 · 55999 GBP · pending
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Award 2 names source supplier Clive Richardson Limited for related Lot 1, with gross value £55,999 and pending status. The supplied verified legal name is CLIVE RICHARDSON LIMITED (company number NI011758).
Mc Auley Tree Surgery
99% confidenceAward 3 · Lots Lot 1 · 55999 GBP · pending
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Award 3 names Mc Auley Tree Surgery as supplier for related Lot 1, with gross value £55,999 and pending status.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceContract award notice published; underlying tender and Lot 1 are complete.
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The release history identifies notice 096111-2026 as a contract award notice published on 12 October 2026; tender and Lot 1 status are "complete".
Award status
99% confidencePending for all three awards.
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Awards 1, 2 and 3 each have status "pending".
Standstill
99% confidenceEnds 21 October 2026 at 23:59:59 +01:00.
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Each award records a standstill end date of 2026-10-21T23:59:59+01:00.
Signature status
99% confidenceNot evidenced as signed; a future signature date was scheduled for 23 October 2026.
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Each award has a scheduled futureSignatureDate of 2026-10-23T23:59:59+01:00, rather than a completed signature record.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published value per pending award
99% confidence£55,999 gross
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Each of awards 1, 2 and 3 records amountGross of 55,999 GBP.
Sum of separately published pending award values
97% confidence£167,997 gross
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Arithmetic sum of the three separately stated £55,999 pending award values; this is not an allocation of a shared framework ceiling.
Opportunity-level maximum value
95% confidence£672,000 gross
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The opportunity record gives value_max of 672000 GBP and value_basis "gross".
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice published
99% confidence23 June 2026
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Release history records tender notice 058988-2026 on 2026-06-23.
Submission deadline
99% confidence23 July 2026, 12:00 +01:00
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The process record gives submission_deadline as 2026-07-23T12:00:00+01:00.
Award decision date
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Each pending award has date 2026-10-12.
Award notice published
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Award notice 096111-2026 has datePublished 2026-10-12T14:01:43+01:00.
Planned contract period
99% confidence26 October 2026 to 25 October 2027
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Each award records contractPeriod startDate 2026-10-26 and endDate 2027-10-25.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Framework scope
98% confidencePlanned and reactive arboricultural services across Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council Borough.
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The procurement description states that the Council seeks competent contractors for planned and reactive arboricultural tasks across the ABC Borough.
Service coverage
98% confidenceWork may be required outside normal working hours, on weekends and public holidays.
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This requirement is stated in the procurement description.
Lot structure
98% confidenceOne lot; title and detailed lot description not supplied.
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Tender data contains only Lot 1, with no lot title or description.
Classifications
96% confidenceTree pruning, hedge trimming and forestry-related services.
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Award items list CPV 77340000, 77341000, 77200000 and 77000000.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure.
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The tender record states procurementMethod "open" and procurementMethodDetails "Open procedure".
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceAbove threshold.
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Each award records aboveThreshold as true.
Awarded supplier count
99% confidenceThree pending awards to three named suppliers for the same Lot 1.
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Awards 1–3 each identify one distinct supplier and related Lot 1.
Competition and evaluation
99% confidenceUnknown.
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Information on bid count, tender scores, ranking and award rationale was not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial planned term
99% confidence12 months.
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The stated contract period runs from 26 October 2026 to 25 October 2027.
Extension options
99% confidenceThree options to extend for 12 months each.
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Each award's renewal description states "Three options to extend for twelve months each".
Maximum potential term
97% confidenceUp to 25 October 2030 if all stated options are used.
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The recorded maxExtentDate is 2026-10-25; this aligns with the initial year plus three 12-month options.
Activation
99% confidenceNot confirmed.
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Awards remain pending and signature is only scheduled; no concluded contract or contract-start confirmation is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Framework composition
95% confidenceThree suppliers are named against the sole lot, indicating a multi-supplier framework arrangement rather than a single named provider.
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All three pending awards relate to Lot 1 and name different suppliers.
Operational requirement
98% confidenceSuppliers should be capable of responding to both planned and reactive arboriculture requirements, including out-of-hours provision.
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The published description expressly includes planned/reactive tasks and service outside normal hours, weekends and public holidays.
Value interpretation
99% confidenceThe published per-award values and opportunity-level maximum are materially different; the notice data does not explain their relationship or provide a call-off allocation mechanism.
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Each award is £55,999 gross, while the opportunity record gives a £672,000 gross maximum.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Pending rather than concluded awards
99% confidenceThe award notice names suppliers, but all awards remain pending; no signed contract or confirmed start should be inferred.
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Awards are marked pending and list only a scheduled future signature date.
Value discrepancy
99% confidencePublished pending award values total £167,997, whereas the opportunity-level maximum is £672,000; the source does not reconcile these figures.
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Three awards are each £55,999 gross; process value_max is £672,000 gross.
Supplier verification coverage
99% confidenceOnly CLIVE RICHARDSON LIMITED has a supplied verified legal identity. R&M Greenkeeper Ltd and Mc Auley Tree Surgery are reported as supplied source names; no legal-company verification is supplied for them.
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Supplier verification records CLIVE RICHARDSON LIMITED as verified and the other two as not_applicable without verified company names.
Unpublished award detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bid counts, evaluation results, individual pricing/rate schedules, call-off allocation rules and detailed lot scope.
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No such fields appear in the supplied notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- All three awards are pending. The data does not establish that contracts were signed, concluded or started.
- The source gives £55,999 gross for each pending award but a £672,000 gross opportunity-level maximum, without explaining the difference.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual lot value.
- Information on bids received, evaluation, scoring, award rationale, pricing, call-off allocation and guaranteed spend was not supplied in the published notice.
- R&M Greenkeeper Ltd and Mc Auley Tree Surgery have no supplied verified legal-company identity; their names are presented as source names only.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Armagh Banbridge Craigavon Councilarboriculture servicestree pruningframework agreementR&M Greenkeeper LtdCLIVE RICHARDSON LIMITEDMc Auley Tree Surgery
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who has been named in the arboriculture framework award notice?
R&M Greenkeeper Ltd, CLIVE RICHARDSON LIMITED and Mc Auley Tree Surgery are each named in a pending award for Lot 1.
Has the framework been signed?
The supplied data does not confirm signature. All three awards are pending, with signature scheduled for 23 October 2026.
What is the framework duration?
The planned initial period is 26 October 2026 to 25 October 2027, with three possible 12-month extensions to a maximum of 25 October 2030.
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