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title: "cemetery grounds maintenance"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0792f9"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "Milborne Port Parish Council"
published: "2026-10-29"
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# cemetery grounds maintenance

Buyer: Milborne Port Parish Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0792f9

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## Summary

Milborne Port Parish Council is seeking cemetery grounds maintenance services in Milborne Port. The work covers keeping the cemetery tidy, cutting and strimming grass around graves, kerbing, headstones and memorials, and maintaining the extension and areas beneath trees. It also includes litter-picking throughout, keeping paths weed-free with tidy edges, and cutting the inside of the hedges, including those along the roadside and top of the cemetery. Grass cutting and strimming is required in summer, including when heat has stopped the grass growing but weeds continue to grow. The extension hedge is maintained under a separate tractor-and-flail contract. The service is grounds maintenance (CPV 77314000), delivered at the cemetery in the United Kingdom.

The council invited offers through an open competition under a below-threshold procedure. The procurement reached tender, with invitations to submit offers. The deadline for questions was 20 November 2026 at 23:59 UTC, and the tender submission deadline was 30 November 2026 at 23:59 UTC. The contract is for the calendar year from 1 January to 31 December 2027. The stated gross value is £6,000. There is one lot. Evaluation ranks service quality first, value for money second and local contractor status third. Quality assessment considers reliability, working without supervision, maintaining all specified areas to a high standard and removing and disposing of waste. Value for money compares the annual service cost with quality. Local contractors are preferred.

This opportunity is suited to grounds maintenance contractors, including small and medium-sized businesses, able to provide dependable, regular cemetery upkeep. Suppliers should be capable of cutting and strimming grass around graves, kerbing, headstones and memorials, maintaining grass in the cemetery extension, litter-picking, controlling weeds on paths and keeping edges tidy. They must be able to cut the specified internal hedges and handle green waste and litter removal and disposal. The buyer places particular weight on contractors who can work reliably without supervision, follow the required schedule and maintain a sensitive site to a high standard. Local contractors are preferred, so firms serving Milborne Port and its surrounding area may be well placed to compete. The extension hedge is outside this work, as it is covered by a separate contract.

## Notice

Keep the whole area in neat and tidy state, cut/strim grass including grave-kerbing, headstones and memorials (weekly in the summer) Strimming still to take place even if the grass has stopped growing in the summer heat, as many of the weeds keep growing. Area at the end, by the road, in the old S/E part of the cemetery to be included. Also, under the trees at the new end (next to extension) 40 Litter-pick the whole area 40 Keep paths free of weeds and edges tidy. NB: spray with weed killer 20 Cut grass in the extension 10 Cut all hedges on inside (mostly the roadside hedge and hedge along the top - the extension hedge is done by tractor and flail on a separate contract)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/102365-2026 |
| 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 | £6,000 |
| Lots value | £6,000 |
| 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 | 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 08:46 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/102365-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/102365-2026
  29th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-24821

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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