--- title: "Weed Control Contract" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077c79" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077c79" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077c79.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077c79.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Cardiff Council" published: "2026-09-29" --- # Weed Control Contract Buyer: Cardiff Council Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077c79 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077c79) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077c79.json) ## Summary Cardiff Council intends to procure city-wide weed control services across publicly accessible spaces in Cardiff. The work covers parks, housing estates and highway pavements, as well as Cardiff Bay, cemeteries, Cardiff Castle and public rights of way. The contractor will manage weeds on hard surfaces, planted areas, walls and natural and artificial sports surfaces, including controlling invasive weeds such as Japanese knotweed. Services include applying pesticides and fertilisers and hand weeding. Additional work may cover maintenance of sustainable drainage features and green roofs. The council will provide digital plans of work areas. The service is intended to maintain weed growth to required standards while reducing pesticide use and limiting the spread of noxious weeds. This is at the planning stage: Cardiff Council has stated an intention to procure and is seeking feedback from suitably qualified contractors ahead of the tender. The council expects to advertise the tender in winter 2026/27, award it after assessment, and start the contract in April 2027. The planned term runs to March 2031, with two one-year extensions; the stated value for the maximum four-year period is just over £1.5 million. The council expects to assess bids on price (45%), quality (45%) and social value (10%). The procurement is described as a single city-wide service. The council is consulting the market on factors that might affect participation, including the work, contract conditions and specification. The work is suited to grounds-maintenance, horticultural and weed-control contractors able to operate across a large, varied urban estate, including highways, parks, housing areas and specialist sites. Suppliers will need to meet the Government’s National Action Plan for pesticide use, use up-to-date application technology and demonstrate plans to reduce pesticide volumes year on year. The council expects increasing use of hand weeding, sweeping and mulching to support that reduction. Contractors will need a digital system to record daily work and support council performance monitoring, as well as self-monitoring and reporting to the contract manager. Before tendering, the successful supplier must hold several relevant independent certificates or schemes, including Amenity Assured, BASIS qualifications or advanced contract certification, and environmental or quality certification such as ISO 14001, BS9002 or a European equivalent. TUPE will apply if the successful supplier is not the incumbent. ## Notice Pre-Market Engagement Weed Control Contract The services required under this contract involve the successful contractor to undertake application of a range of pesticides and fertilisers and hand weeding across arrange of publicly accessible spaces located the city and county of Cardiff, the area of work covers the city's 500 parks, over 300 housing estates, 2000km highway pavements but also includes special sites such as Cardiff Bay, cemeteries, Cardiff Castle and public rights of way. The aim of the contract is to manage weed growth to the required standards on a variety of hard surfaces, planted areas, walls, sport surfaces (natural and artificial), and control the spread of noxious weeds (such as Japanese Knotweed). Further to this there may be additional work added to include maintenance of Sustainable Drainage features and Green Roofs. These services must be delivered in accordance with the Government's National Action Plan (NAP) so the contractor will be required to utilise the latest pesticide application technology to ensure that they comply with this and minimise the quantity of pesticides used to deliver the standards of control specified. Under this contract Cardiff Council will also require the contractor to reduce the volume of pesticide being used year on year over the period of the contract. The client will work with the contractor to help achieve this by increasing use of hand weeding, sweeping and mulching over the contract period. The successful contractor will be required to hold several of the following independently awarded industry specific quality certificates and schemes before they can tender - Amenity Assured Certificate BASIS qualification BASIS Advanced Contract certification Amenity Assured Certification Either ISO 14001 or BS9002 Or European equivalent certifications. The contractor will be supplied with digital plans of the areas of work which will be provided as either .shp or .pdf and the contractor will be required to employ a digital system to record their work daily on either a stand-alone system or a shared system to allow the Council to monitor performance, in addition to this the contractor will undertake some self-monitoring which will also need report to the contract manager. The contract is valued currently at just over PS1.5M for the maximum four-year period assuming the two +1 extensions are taken up. The tender will be advertised in the winter of 26/27 and will be awarded once the tenders have been assessed using the following scores matrix 45% price : 45% quality : 10% Social value and will start in April 2027. The successful tenderer if not the current contractor should note that TUPE will apply to this contract and that payments are made on a monthly basis in accordance with a payment profile which will be included in the tender documentation. The Council is interested in receiving feedback from suitably qualified contractors to better understand any factors that may influence participation in the tender process for this work. If you have any questions that would help clarify the work required or the contract conditions or specification, please send them to HighwaysWasteandParks@cardiff.gov.uk. Further information can also be found on the Proactis Portal:https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login Project Name: Weed Control Contract Reference:ERFX1008927 ### Planning Information Details regarding this notice can be found via: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login Project name: Weed Control Contract Reference: ERFX1008927 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091882-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 29 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Jan 2027 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2031 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,200,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Cardiff Council | | Locality | CARDIFF | | Postcode area | Cardiff | | Postcode | CF10 4UW | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | | Local authority | Cardiff | | Electoral ward | Butetown | | Westminster constituency | Cardiff South and Penarth | | Delivery location | TLL Wales | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services ### Codes - 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services ## Release History - 29 Sep 2026 at 13:36 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091882-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091882-2026 29th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.cardiff.gov.uk - https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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