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title: "Grounds Maintenance Contract (including Assisted Garden Maintenance)"
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# Grounds Maintenance Contract (including Assisted Garden Maintenance)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/grounds-maintenance-contract-including-assisted-garden-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-04ccc0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Highland Residential (Inverness) Limited: "Grounds Maintenance Contract (including Assisted Garden Maintenance)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,050,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Highland Residential (Inverness) Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/highland-residential-inverness-limited-GB-FTS-131248)
- **Published Value:** £2,050,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Grounds maintenance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM6
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,963,260 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ccc0`

## 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-contract-including-assisted-garden-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-04ccc0#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-contract-including-assisted-garden-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-04ccc0#participate

## Description
Highland Residential is a social enterprise company, a wholly owner subsidiary of Albyn Housing Society Ltd. This is the Contract Award notice for the provision of grounds maintenance to factored sites and assisted garden maintenance (AGM) for eligible tenants’ gardens. There is also an element of improvements through landscaping. There are currently 178 sites where grounds maintenance is required, plus 123 assisted garden maintenance, in various locations across the Highlands.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: North Highlands including Inverness, Nairn, Alness, Dingwall, Invergordon and other areas
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 77314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,825,000
- **Description:** This lot includes 159 sites and 114 gardens (numbers subject to change over the duration of the contract).
The purpose is to instil a sense of pride in where our tenants (and owners) enjoy living. Works include:
- Regular grass cutting and maintenanc...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Aviemore and Cairngorms
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 77314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £195,000
- **Description:** This lot includes 19 sites and 9 gardens (numbers subject to change over the duration of the contract).
The purpose is to instil a sense of pride in where our tenants (and owners) enjoy living. Works include:
- Regular grass cutting and maintenance
-...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** North Highlands including Inverness, Nairn, Alness, Dingwall, Invergordon and other areas (active)
  - Award id: `007814-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Higher Ground Community Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-42078`
  - Value: £1,799,760 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Aviemore and Cairngorms (active)
  - Award id: `007814-2025-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Highland Groundcare Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-128054`
  - Value: £163,500 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** North Highlands including Inverness, Nairn, Alness, Dingwall, Invergordon and other areas (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,799,760
  - Signed Date: 25/02/2025

- **Contract:** Aviemore and Cairngorms (active)
  - Signed Value: £163,500
  - Signed Date: 25/02/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007814-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-04T11:53:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T07:09:20.193Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ccc0