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title: "Grounds Maintenance - General Areas"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0792f3"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "Milborne Port Parish Council"
published: "2026-10-29"
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# Grounds Maintenance - General Areas

Buyer: Milborne Port Parish Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0792f3

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## Summary

Milborne Port Parish Council is seeking grounds maintenance services for Gainsborough Playpark and other general areas. The work covers grass cutting, strimming, removing brambles and weeds, applying weed spray, and trimming shrubs. Contractors must maintain the specified areas and remove and dispose of waste. The requirement is for services delivered in the Milborne Port area of Somerset, including the playpark. There is one lot covering the grounds maintenance requirement, rather than separate packages for different tasks or locations.

The council invited tenders through an open competition below the UK procurement threshold. The procurement reached the tender stage, with offers invited. The deadline for enquiries was 20 November 2026 at 23:59 UTC, and tenders were due by 30 November 2026 at 23:59 UTC. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 January to 31 December 2027, with a possibility of extension to a total of three years from inception, ending no later than 31 December 2028. The stated gross value is £7,500. Evaluation considers service quality, value for money, local presence and customer testimonials, with the quality of maintenance and service reliability among the considerations.

This requirement is well suited to grounds maintenance contractors able to cover routine work across a playpark and other general areas. The council gives preference to local contractors or businesses with operations near the site, and the lot is marked as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Suppliers should be able to work reliably without close supervision, maintain all specified areas to a high standard and keep to schedule. They will also need to handle the removal and disposal of grounds-maintenance waste. Customer references and evidence of an organised service are relevant to the evaluation. The work calls for practical groundskeeping capability and dependable delivery; the published requirements do not identify a particular accreditation or specialist qualification.

## Notice

Grass cutting, strimming, removing brambles/weeds, weed spraying, trimming shrubs. Gainsborough Playpark, and other areas

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: Possibility to extend the contract out to 3 years from inception

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/102357-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2027 - 31 Dec 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £7,500 |
| Lots value | £7,500 |
| 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 | Milborne Port Parish Council |
| Locality | MILBORNE PORT |
| Postcode area | Dorchester |
| Postcode | DT9 5DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset |
| ITL 3 | TLK62 Somerset |
| Local authority | Somerset |
| Electoral ward | Blackmoor Vale |
| Westminster constituency | Glastonbury and Somerton |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

### Codes

- 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services

## Release History

- 29 Oct 2026 at 08:14 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/102357-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/102357-2026
  29th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-24817

## Notice URLs

- https://milborneport-pc.gov.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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