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title: "Grounds Maintenance at Holryood Palace and Park"
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# Grounds Maintenance at Holryood Palace and Park

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/grounds-maintenance-at-holryood-palace-and-park-ocds-h6vhtk-03a569). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Historic Environment Scotland: "Grounds Maintenance at Holryood Palace and Park". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Historic Environment Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/historic-environment-scotland-GB-FTS-1169)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 March 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Grounds maintenance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03a569`

## 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/grounds-maintenance-at-holryood-palace-and-park-ocds-h6vhtk-03a569#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/grounds-maintenance-at-holryood-palace-and-park-ocds-h6vhtk-03a569#participate

## Description
2.1	Historic Environment Scotland are seeking a Supplier to provide grounds maintenance services for Holyrood Palace and Park during the months of April to October. Work outside these months may also be required. The general types of grounds maintenance that HES shall require is likely to include the following elements:
the mowing of all lawns, semi-coarse grasslands, slopes, ramparts
trimming of all lawn edges
strimming around the bases of walls, trees and signs
the application of approved herbicides as and when specified
weed control of all footpaths, car park, road gutters and gravel areas
gardening duties are to be carried out on landscaped areas and will include the weeding, forking, pruning and the application of fertilisers as specified in the contract documentation. Leave and branch clearing duties may also be required.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 77314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Historic Environment Scotland are seeking a Supplier to provide grounds maintenance services for Holyrood Park during the months of April to October. Work outside these months may also be required. The general types of grounds maintenance that HES sh...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 013531-2023-HES/C/4191-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **GMCB Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-82540`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 013531-2023-HES/C/4191-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 09/05/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013531-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-05-12T08:20:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:44:44.781Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03a569