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# Countryside Management Operations

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/countryside-management-operations-ocds-h6vhtk-02f2f8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Borough of Barnet: "Countryside Management Operations". Published status: active. Published Value: £750,000. 6 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: barnetsourcing.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Barnet](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-barnet-ons-e09000003)
- **Published Value:** £750,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 December 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 6
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Agricultural services, Hedge trimming, Horticultural services, Planting and maintenance services of green areas, Tree pruning and hedge trimming
- **Delivery Location:** UKI71, UKI72
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/countryside-management-operations-ocds-h6vhtk-02f2f8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f2f8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/countryside-management-operations-ocds-h6vhtk-02f2f8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [barnetsourcing.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbarnetsourcing.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/countryside-management-operations-ocds-h6vhtk-02f2f8#participate

## Description
The London Borough of Barnet Greenspaces team, manage over 200 parks and open spaces ranging
from large parks to small greens. We also undertake the management of horticultural features within public housing and highways sites across the borough. The requirements listed within the tender documents relate to operations required to ensure our open space, public housing and highway green areas are maintained to a high and safe standard and to allow access to the boroughs rich flora and fauna.
The operations to be undertaken within this requirement apply to the maintenance of large grass and wild flower meadows, to ensuring our network of ditches are kept free flowing to provide adequate drainage for our open spaces. The borough has a network of (access routes) rural footpaths and bridleways which cross mainly the northern part of the borough, providing access to and through both public and private land rich in flora and fauna. The parks & open spaces, public housing sites have a large number of formal hedges which are cut twice a year along with the highways semi-rural roads which have hedgerows, hedges and grass verges that require
cutting annually to ensure unimpeded access for pedestrians and vehicles.
The countryside management operations requirement has been divided into lots suppliers can apply for provision for one or more of the lot requirements.
The contract per lot will be for a four year period with option to extend for two years subject to performance and budget.

## Lots (6)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 Access Maintenance (Bridleways)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77100000, 77300000, 77310000, 77340000, 77342000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** Maintenance of routes for horse riders around the borough, full detail of requirement in tender document.

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Lot 2 Meadow Management
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77100000, 77300000, 77310000, 77340000, 77342000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** The cutting and removal of arising from hay meadows, full detail of requirement in tender documents.

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Lot 3 Rural Verges
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77100000, 77300000, 77310000, 77340000, 77342000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** The cutting of rural grass verges to maintain sightlines and maintain levels of growth, full detail of requirement intender documents.

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: Lot 4 Hedge Maintenance including Rural (Flail-Cut)
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77100000, 77300000, 77310000, 77340000, 77342000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** The cutting of hedges on the parks and open spaces, on the highway and rural roads in the Borough to maintain clear and safe sightlines and maintain levels of growth, full detail of requirement in tender documents.

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 5: Lot 5 Ditch, Culvert, Land drainage and Revetments
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77100000, 77300000, 77310000, 77340000, 77342000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** Clearance, maintenance and creation of ditches and land drainage and revetment to banks as required. Full detail of requirement in tender documents.

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 6: Lot 6 Access Maintenance (Rural Path Maintenance)
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77100000, 77300000, 77310000, 77340000, 77342000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** Maintenance of rural areas. rights of way, permissive footpaths, and long distance routes in mainly rural areas. Full detail of requirement in tender document.

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027530-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-03T12:05:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T12:20:48.460Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f2f8