Grounds Maintenance Orkney

Historic Environment Scotland is looking to appoint a supplier who can provide grounds maintenance work at our sites in Orkney. The general types of grounds maintenance that Historic Scotland 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 - leaf and branch clearing duties may also be required. The contract comprises the provision of all necessary labour, materials, tools, machines, fuel and transport for the provision of a grounds maintenance service at the sites listed below. Sites must be visited according to HES Schedules, with any non-attendance reported to Works managers The sites that are included in the contract are listed below, however HES reserves the right to add in additional sights or take some away at any point during the lifetime of the contract. - Cubbies Row’s Castle, Wyre - Skara Brae - Wideford Hill Cairn - Unstan Cairn - Click Mill Dounby - Midhowe Chambered Cairn & Broch - Hackness Battery & Martello Tower - Standing Stones of Stenness - Grain Earth House - Broch of Gurness - Brough of Birsay - Rennibister Earth House - Earls Palace, Birsay - St. Nicholas Church & Earls Bu Ophir - Tormiston Mill - Earls & Bishops Palace, Kirkwall - Ring of Brogar - Maeshowe VC Stenness Details of the exact mowing, hedge trimming, flower beds etc will be shared if it goes out to tender.