Contract for Machine Bulb Planting
City & County of Swansea
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Procurement
- 77310000 Planting and maintenance services of green areas
- 77300000 Horticultural services
- 77000000 Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
What happened
The contract runs until 1 Dec 2026.
Description
Swansea Council intends to undertake pre-market engagement for the machine planting of various bulb mixes at locations across Swansea. The mixes must provide long flowering periods, strong visual displays and benefits for bees, butterflies and other pollinators. The butterfly and bee mixes should flower from February to July, with planting densities of approximately 120 bulbs per m² and 450 bulbs per m² respectively. The native mix should flower from February to May and be planted at approximately 300 bulbs per m². The total planting areas are 694 m² for the butterfly mix, 405 m² for the bee mix and 15 m² for the native mix.
Planting will take place on grass verges and other grassed areas throughout Swansea.
How to engage
This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) seeks those organisations that may be interested in providing this service . The exercise will be used to understand the markets capacity and technical ability. Swansea Council has created an Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) which will be used to understand the markets capacity and technical ability. The Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) can be accessed by emailing [email protected]. Please submit your completed MEQ by no later than 12:00 noon on the 16th October 2026 by email to [email protected]. Participation in this engagement exercise is not a mandatory requirement for participating in any potential future procurement; however, responses received will assist to inform Swansea Council as to the level of interest from the market and will be used to evidence a decision as to how to undertake a competitive procurement. This notice is not a call for competition. Swansea Council reserves the right to withdraw from undertaking a tender process at any point.
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