Notice Information
Notice Title
Grounds Maintenance Services Contract- Cannington Parish Council
Notice Description
Cannington Parish Council invites tenders for the provision of grounds maintenance services across all parish open spaces, recreation grounds, verges and cemetery areas within the parish boundary. The services include, but are not limited to: * Regular grass cutting to all designated areas during the growing season. * Maintenance of cemetery grounds including grass cutting, strimming and care around memorials. * Hedge trimming, shrub maintenance and seasonal pruning. * Weed control to hardstanding areas, paths and kerbs. * Litter picking and clearance of arisings. * Seasonal works as required, including leaf clearance and preparation of sites for winter. The contract will be awarded to a single supplier. The anticipated contract period is three years with the option to extend by up to two further periods of twelve months each, subject to satisfactory performance. Full details of the scope of services, site information, performance standards, pricing schedules and conditions of contract are provided in the tender documents.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: These optional works include, but are not limited to: * Additional labour only * Additional mowing visits outside the core specification * Application of glyphosate herbicide (including the supply of the herbicide) * Additional trimming of bushes, hedges and verges * Additional works in cemetery areas including grave clearance, vegetation removal and tidying works * Additional works in playing fields, parks, war memorial areas, brook areas and other village open spaces not included in the routine schedule * Ad-hoc maintenance tasks requested by the Clerk or Council from time to time
Renewal: Tenders are invited for the grass cutting and general maintenance in Cannington Village from 1 March 2026. This will be for an initial 3-year contract ending on 28 February 2029, with the option for the Parish Council to extend the contract for up to a further 2 years, taken as a single 2-year extension at the Council's discretion and subject to satisfactory performance and budget approval. Tenderers should quote for the first contract year 2026/27 only. The agreed contract sum will be increased annually in line with inflation (based on the Retail Price Index) with effect from 1 March each year. If all extension options are exercised, the maximum contract end date will be 28 February 2031.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05fe81
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000495-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
77312000 - Weed-clearance services
77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £80,280 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £80,280 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Jan 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 26 Jan 20266 days to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Mar 2026 - 28 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2031-11-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CANNINGTON PARISH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- canningtonparishcouncil@cannington.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01278 653322
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRIDGWATER
- Postcode
- TA5 2HP
- Post Town
- Taunton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK62 Somerset
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Somerset
- Electoral Ward
- Cannington
- Westminster Constituency
- Bridgwater
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000495-2026
6th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086550-2025
31st December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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