LPS CAS - Dynamic Purchasing System for Horticultural and Landscape Goods and Services - LCC42925,1

Contract Reference: ML/CAS/LCC/24/1684

Lancashire County Council is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Horticultural and Landscape Goods and Services throughout the county of Lancashire.

The DPS is divided into seven individual categories for a range of Goods and Services.

The goods categories are:

  • Category 1 – Plants
  • Category 2 – Planting Products
  • Category 3 – Growing Media
  • Category 4 – Vegetation and Surface Treatment Products

The services categories are:

  • Category 5 – Plant Establishment
  • Category 6 – Plant and Tree Aftercare and Maintenance
  • Category 7 – Treatment Services

Suppliers can apply for one or more categories, and there is no restriction on the number of categories which a supplier can be appointed to.

The DPS operates completely electronically and all activity, including applications to join the DPS, the issuing of, and responding to Invitations to Tender (mini-competitions) will be conducted through the Authority's electronic tendering (e-tendering) system, the Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal

Suppliers can apply to join the DPS at any time during its term and there is no limit on the number of suppliers who can be admitted to the DPS. A DPS comprises two stages:

  • Stage 1: Application to join the DPS
    Suppliers wanting to join the DPS are required to complete and submit their application in accordance with the Invitation to Participate.
  • Stage 2: Award of contracts
    This stage is commonly referred to as the 'mini-competition' stage where Invitations to Tender are issued and the suppliers who have been admitted to the DPS to bid for contracts to the supply the goods.

How to apply

To participate and join the DPS, applicants are required to submit the following documents with their application:

ITP Appendix 1 - Form of Tender (mandatory return)

ITP Appendix 2 - Selection Questionnaire (mandatory return)

ITP Appendix 3 - SIS Declaration of Intent (mandatory return)

Goods & Services Call-off Terms & Conditions Schedule 6 - Commercially Sensitive Information (optional return)

The above documents can either be download from the published list below or from the document pack issued with the Invitation to participate on the Authority's e-tendering portal (see below).

The completed documents must be returned and uploaded via the Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/isupplier/ under Negotiation Number LCC42925,1.

The closing date for initial Applications is 12:00 Noon on 24/02/2025. Once the initial Application process has been completed, the DPS is permanently open to new Applicants who can apply at any time during its term.

Invitation to participate

DPS agreement and call-off terms and conditions

FAQs and Fusion user guide