Notice Information
Notice Title
Rural Grass Cutting and Verge Maintenance
Notice Description
Chelmsford City Council manages Rural Grass Verge Cutting Services in the Council area, and is seeking to appoint an experienced and qualified Contractor to undertake two planned cuts annually (with occasional services as required). The service includes litter clearance, grass cutting and traffic management (as required). The first cut will be a single width cut followed by a 2nd full width cut on with the option of a third cut following an instruction by the supervising Officer. The contractor is required to submit an additional price per square metre for any smaller areas requiring additional cutting during the year. The Contract will be awarded for 3 years with an option of a further 2, 2 year extension periods.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Extension options include 2, 2 year extension periods.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0664aa
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037790-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
45233229 - Verge maintenance work
77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
77314100 - Grassing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,190,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,190,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,190,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Apr 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 7 Apr 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Apr 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- 6 May 2026 - 6 May 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CHELMSFORD CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHELMSFORD
- Postcode
- CM1 1JE
- Post Town
- Chelmsford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
- Delivery Location
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
-
- Local Authority
- Chelmsford
- Electoral Ward
- Marconi
- Westminster Constituency
- Chelmsford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037790-2026
24th April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030053-2026
31st March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020616-2026
6th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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