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title: "Grass Cutting and Hedge-cutting Tender - Cemetery, Churchyard and Verges"
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# Grass Cutting and Hedge-cutting Tender - Cemetery, Churchyard and Verges

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/grass-cutting-and-hedge-cutting-tender-cemetery-churchyard-and-verges-ocds-h6vhtk-0502e9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Mareham le Fen Parish Council: "Grass Cutting and Hedge-cutting Tender - Cemetery, Churchyard and Verges". Published status: active. Published Value: £34,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: mareham-le-fen.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Mareham le Fen Parish Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/mareham-le-fen-parish-council-GB-PPON-PVTW-2825-GBWY)
- **Published Value:** £34,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 April 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Grounds maintenance services, Hedge trimming
- **Delivery Location:** UKF3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/grass-cutting-and-hedge-cutting-tender-cemetery-churchyard-and-verges-ocds-h6vhtk-0502e9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0502e9`

## 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/grass-cutting-and-hedge-cutting-tender-cemetery-churchyard-and-verges-ocds-h6vhtk-0502e9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [mareham-le-fen.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmareham-le-fen.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk%2Fdownloads%2Fdownload%2F10%2Fgrass-cutting-invitation-to-tender-2025)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/grass-cutting-and-hedge-cutting-tender-cemetery-churchyard-and-verges-ocds-h6vhtk-0502e9#participate

## Description
Mareham le Fen Parish Council, Lincolnshire seeks contractors to provide a grass-cutting service for the Cemetery, Churchyard and road and path verges throughout the village. Plus periodic hedge cutting around the Cemetery and Churchyard during the growing season. A contract starting in May 2025 until late-October 2025 is available with the potential for one annual extension until 31 October 2026. The contract is broken down into 4 lots based on the frequency and equipment that may be required for each part.

## Lots (4)
### Lot A: Cemetery and Cemetery Extension
- **Lot id:** `A`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £6,000
- **Description:** All grass areas to be cut every two weeks from late-April/early-May to late October ready for Remembrance Day service at the War Memorial. More cuts may be required during the peak growing period as agreed with the Parish Clerk.  Part of the Cemetery...
- **Contract Period:** 30/04/2025 to 31/10/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot B: St Helen's Church, Mareham le Fen Churchyard
- **Lot id:** `B`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,000
- **Description:** All grass areas to be cut every two weeks from late April - October.  More cuts may be required during the peak growing period as agreed with the Parish Clerk.
All church walls and boundaries to be strimmed along.
God's Acre - Wild Flower Meadow in t...
- **Contract Period:** 30/04/2025 to 31/10/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot C: Grass verges along roads, along pavements, paths and residential area verges
- **Lot id:** `C`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £24,000
- **Description:** All grass verges identified on the maps must be cut two-weekly late-April/early-May until late-October.
Cuts should be two weeks apart and no more than four weeks apart.
Flail, mower or strimming may be used to achieve the specified standard of cut.
...
- **Contract Period:** 30/04/2025 to 31/10/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot D: Hedge Cutting and trimming around St Helen's Church churchyard and Mareham le Fen Cemetery
- **Lot id:** `D`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 77342000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,000
- **Description:** The contractor is expected to keep the hedges trimmed and in good shape around these two sites.  The hedges must not block the public footpaths alongside the churchyard.  The hedges in the Cemetery must not obstruct or damage Memorials or block easy ...
- **Contract Period:** 30/04/2025 to 31/10/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015108-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-14T19:10:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T14:59:39.980Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0502e9