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title: "Grounds Maintenance Provision"
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# Grounds Maintenance Provision

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/grounds-maintenance-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-03d562). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** City of Lincoln: "Grounds Maintenance Provision". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £19,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [City of Lincoln](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-lincoln-GB-PPON-PJCJ-5555-NXDX)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £19,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Grounds maintenance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d562`

## 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-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-03d562#tl-md)

## Description
City of Lincoln Council is looking to appoint a contractor to manage its Grounds Maintenance Services. It is envisaged that the initial contract period will be for 8 years and 7 months commencing 1 September 2026. It is also be considered for there to be the option to extend for a further period of 8 years (April 2035 to March 2043).
Pre Market Engagement is planned to take place on the 17th and 21st July 2023 and as such Expressions of Interest are now invited. The deadline for EOI's to be received in order to partake in the pre market engagement sessions is 12 noon on Wednesday 5th July 2023 in order that invites can be issued. It should be noted that there is no consequence of not responding to this EOI option as a separate contract notice will be issued once a formal decision has been made with regard to the Council route to market

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** City of Lincoln Council is looking to appoint a contractor to manage its Grounds Maintenance Services. It is envisaged that the initial contract period will be for 8 years and 7 months commencing 1 September 2026. It is also be considered for there t...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016545-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-12T11:02:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T13:36:43.081Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d562