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Grounds Maintenance Services Contract- Cannington Parish Council

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BuyerCannington Parish Council
StatusClosed
Deadline26 Jan 2026
Value£80,280
Published6 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Cannington Parish Council invites tenders for the provision of grounds maintenance services across all parish open spaces, recreation grounds, verges and cemetery areas within the parish boundary. The services include, but are not limited to: • Regular grass cutting to all designated areas during the growing season. • Maintenance of cemetery grounds including grass cutting, strimming and care around memorials. • Hedge trimming, shrub maintenance and seasonal pruning. • Weed control to hardstanding areas, paths and kerbs. • Litter picking and clearance of arisings. • Seasonal works as required, including leaf clearance and preparation of sites for winter. The contract will be awarded to a single supplier. The anticipated contract period is three years with the option to extend by up to two further periods of twelve months each, subject to satisfactory performance. Full details of the scope of services, site information, performance standards, pricing schedules and conditions of contract are provided in the tender documents.

Delivery location

UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKE, GB · UKF, GB · UKG, GB · UKH, GB · UKI, GB · UKJ, GB · UKK, GB

Categories

Weed-clearance services 77312000Grounds maintenance services 77314000Tree pruning and hedge trimming 77340000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£80,280
Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2026 to 28 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (60%)
Quality of Service Delivery (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Weed-clearance services, Grounds maintenance services, Tree pruning and hedge trimmingNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 77. The category anchor is Weed-clearance services (77312000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 771,3955 median · 20.6 average (539 of 1,395 with a bid count)4.1 average (562 of 1,395 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC907 median · 58.3 average (21 of 90 with a bid count)5.3 average (22 of 90 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)973 median · 3 average (1 of 97 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 97 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policynotAllowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05fe81
Latest release ID000495-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jan 06 2026 06:35:24 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000495-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-01-26T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-01-15T23:59:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-02-05T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailsCompleted tenders must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked: "Grass Cutting and General Maintenance Tender - Do Not Open" and delivered to: The Clerk to Cannington Parish Council Community Room, Cannington Village Hall Brook Street Cannington Bridgwater TA5 2HP Tenders submitted electronically or received after the stated deadline will not be considered.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£80,280
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
6 Jan 2026tenderUpdate000495-2026
31 Dec 2025tender086550-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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31 Dec 2025 · 086550-2025 · tender
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