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# Grounds Maintenance Services & Tree Works

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/grounds-maintenance-services-tree-works-ocds-h6vhtk-03b38c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Guinness Partnership: "Grounds Maintenance Services & Tree Works". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The Guinness Partnership](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-guinness-partnership-rsh-4729)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Grounds maintenance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b38c`

## 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-services-tree-works-ocds-h6vhtk-03b38c#tl-md)

## Description
Guinness require grounds maintenance services and tree works services across our estates. We are proposing to establish a framework to call off future requirements. The core, scheduled elements of the contract are as follows:
i	Management of grassed areas including mowing and strimming
ii	Maintenance of shrub beds including pruning.
iii	Hedge-cutting.
iv	Weed control
v	Leaf collection and removal
vi	Maintenance of ditch-side vegetation, culverts.
vii	Bin emptying and litter-picking on selected schemes
viii	Maintenance of hard standings
ix	Site cleansing on other sites (optional extra requirement.
x      Planned preventative maintenance of trees
A procurement strategy is currently being formulated with a view to the procurement of this framework during 2023.This notice is a Prior Information Notice of a future contract opportunity. This is not a call for competition, or a request for you to express interest in bidding for work.
Organisations are invited to consider completing and returning a market testing questionnaire linked with this Notice. Whether or not an organisation chooses to return a questionnaire will have no relevance or bearing on assessment of any future application to participate in a subsequent procurement process. Returning a questionnaire will not be deemed by Guinness as a standing expression of interest for any future contract opportunity.
Organisations should continue to monitor the UK e-notification service Find a Tender Service for notices and the opportunity to submit an expression interest or tender for a notified contract opportunity.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK

- **Description:** Guinness operates across the majority of England and has large concentrations of homes in most regions. In the South-East, these are primarily in London, Brighton, Havant & Milton Keynes. In the South-West, these are primarily in Exeter, Bristol & Gl...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007724-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-16T15:17:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T01:38:01.683Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b38c