--- title: "Linstone Housing Landscape Maintenance Contract 2026-2029" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077c9d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077c9d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077c9d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077c9d.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "Linstone Housing" published: "2026-09-29" --- # Linstone Housing Landscape Maintenance Contract 2026-2029 Buyer: Linstone Housing Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077c9d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077c9d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077c9d.json) ## Summary Linstone Housing is seeking a contractor for landscape and grounds maintenance at its existing properties and shared landscaped areas in Linwood, Johnstone and Paisley, Renfrewshire. The work includes litter picking, grass cutting, hedge trimming, selected shrub-bed maintenance, leaf collection and moss clearance on specified hard-standing areas. The contract may also involve tree maintenance, tree and stump removal, and repairs to damaged grass. Additional properties or landscaped areas elsewhere in Renfrewshire, including Bridge of Weir, Renfrew, Elderslie and Kilbarchan, may be added. Some shrub-bed work and most moss clearance will remain with Linstone Housing’s Estates Management Team; the contractor has defined areas and tasks. This is a grounds and landscape maintenance service (CPV 71421000). Linstone Housing invited offers through a single-stage open procedure. The tender deadline was 29 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC; bids were to be submitted electronically in English, and the stated bid-validity period ended 27 January 2027. The contract period is 1,080 days. The estimated contract value is £1,015,000. The buyer may take up two optional 24-month extensions, covering up to four additional years; the stated estimated cost is £145,000 a year excluding VAT. Quality carries 60% of the evaluation and price 40%. Technical and professional ability questions are assessed pass/fail: bidders must score at least 2 on every question, or the rest of their bid will not be evaluated. The contract includes community benefits, with details in the tender requirements. This opportunity suits an established grounds-maintenance contractor able to manage routine estate work across several neighbourhoods and accommodate possible additions elsewhere in Renfrewshire. Bidders need to provide three examples of similar landscape-maintenance services and show access to suitable tools, plant and technical equipment. They must report average annual workforce and management staffing for the previous three years, and provide the names and qualifications of staff assigned to the work. The financial threshold is a general annual turnover of at least £290,000 in each of the previous two years, or that average across those years. Required insurance is £5 million for employers’ liability and £5 million for public liability, held already or obtainable before contract start. If using subcontractors, suppliers must demonstrate resilient supply-chain systems, including prompt payment controls. Poor technical responses can disqualify a bid. ## Notice The Contract will principally comprise litter picking, grass cutting, shrub bed & hedging, ad-hoc moss clearance of hard standing areas maintenance and leaf collection landscape maintenance services to existing properties and common landscaped areas throughout Renfrewshire to the areas detailed within the Landscape Architects MAP's. The Contract may also include tree maintenance services, tree and stump removal works, and repairs to existing damaged grass areas. The Contract, as tendered, only includes properties and landscaped areas throughout Linwood, Johnstone and Paisley. However, Linstone Housing also provide services to their customers in Bridge of Weir, Renfrew, Elderslie and Kilbarchan, and additional properties or landscaped areas throughout Renfrewshire may be introduced by Linstone Housing during the Contract. Shrubs bed maintenance will mainly be undertaken by the Estates Management Team of Linstone Housing rather than the Contractor. However, the Contractor will be required to undertake shrub bed maintenance to the following estates/MAP's, the areas of which have been incorporated within the tender pricing document; 1. M02 Rev B Dykebar - areas S11 and S12 to be maintained by the Contractor. Bidders are advised that areas S11 and S12 are actually hedging and have been incorrectly recorded as shrub bed areas on MAP M02 2. M10 Rev B Sandyflats - areas S1 and S2 to be maintained by the Contractor; 3. M19 Rev B Town Centre - all shrub beds to be maintained by the Contractor; and 4. M20 Rev B Abernethy Drive - all shrub beds to be maintained by the Contractor. Bidders are also advised that Linstone Housing do not anticipate the Contractor having to undertake any works during the contract at the following estates/MAPS's; a. M01 Bridge of Weir; b. M04 Glen Street Paisley; c. M06 Johnstone Castle; d. M07 Rev A Kilbarchan; e. M08 Renfrew Rd or Kirklandneuk; f. M09 Corseford; g. M21 Brown Street; and h. M22 Ellerslie Street. Bidders are further advised that the grass area G1 detailed on MAP M10 Rev B Sandyflats is rough grass and will receive only one rough grass cut per annum. The Estates Management Team of Linstone Housing will also generally undertake moss clearance of hard standing areas with the exception of the hard standing areas detailed on M02 Rev B Dykebar. The Contractor will be required to undertake moss clearance three times annually (April, June and October) to the hard standing areas detailed on M02 Rev B Dykebar. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Single Stage Tendering in accordance with Regulations 28 (Open Procedure) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Additional information: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. SPD Question 2D.1.2- Bidders must provide a separate SPD response (Sections A and B of this Part and Part III) for each subcontractor Renewal: May take up option of 2no twenty-four month extensions up to a maximum of four further years (2030-2033) at an estimated value 145000 GBP (excluding VAT) per annum. The annual anticipated cost per annum excluding VAT is 145000 GBP ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091933-2026 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 29 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | 29 Oct 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | 2029 at the earliest if the optional 24 month extensions are not applied | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,015,000 | | Lots value | £1,015,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Linstone Housing | | Locality | LINWOOD | | Postcode area | Paisley | | Postcode | PA3 3DB | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire | | Local authority | Renfrewshire | | Electoral ward | Houston, Crosslee and Linwood | | Westminster constituency | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | | Delivery location | TLM83 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services ### Codes - 71421000 - Landscape gardening services - 77211300 - Tree-clearing services - 77211400 - Tree-cutting services - 77211500 - Tree-maintenance services - 77310000 - Planting and maintenance services of green areas - 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services - 77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming - 77341000 - Tree pruning ## Release History - 29 Sep 2026 at 14:29 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091933-2026 ## Notice URLs - http://www.linstone.co.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000844250 - https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=844250 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=844250 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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