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Grounds & Sports Pitch Maintenance Contract

Buyer: Dronfield Town Council →

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BuyerDronfield Town Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline30 Jan 2026
Value£56,000
Published4 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Dronfield Town Council is inviting quotations for a three-year contract for the maintenance of seven open spaces as well as a cost breakdown for the maintenance of football and cricket pitches. The scope of the project includes: • Grass cutting and hedge cutting • Maintenance of football pitches • Maintenance of cricket pitches It is anticipated that the new contract will start from the beginning of April 2026 and last for three years until March 2029.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
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.

Awards

Grounds & Sports Pitch Maintenance Contract

Statusactive
Value£56,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2029

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05fa5a
Latest release ID019369-2026
Latest release timestampWed Mar 04 2026 10:59:29 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085501-2025
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
4 Mar 2026award, contract019369-2026
22 Dec 2025tenderUpdate085501-2025
19 Dec 2025tender084899-2025

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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22 Dec 2025 · 085501-2025 · tenderUpdate
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19 Dec 2025 · 084899-2025 · tender
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