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Grounds Maintenance & Associated Services

Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services

Estimated Value

Up to £500,000,000

Deadline

24 September 2026

Published

26 August 2026

Type

Not specified

South EastGBopen

Overview

This Framework will provide a compliant, flexible, and outcomes-focused route to market for public sector organisations seeking to procure the delivery of Grounds Maintenance & Associated Services including but not limited to: •General Grounds Maintenance: Provision of planned and reactive maintenance activities to ensure external areas are presented to an agreed standard, including grass and vegetation management, upkeep of pathways and communal areas, litter control, and seasonal operations delivered in accordance with service-level requirements. •Soft Landscaping: Delivery of works relating to planted and living landscape features, including installation and maintenance of planting schemes, turfing, soil preparation, and biodiversity enhancement measures, undertaken to approved specifications and horticultural standards. •Hard Landscaping: Construction, refurbishment, and maintenance of built landscape assets such as paving, fencing, boundary treatments, drainage features, and other structural elements, ensuring durability, accessibility, and compliance with relevant regulations and design standards. •Specialist Services: Provision of targeted, technical, or compliance driven activities including ecological management, invasive species treatment, environmental protection measures, site clearance, and works requiring specialist qualifications, equipment, or accreditations. •Arboriculture: Professional tree management services incorporating inspections, risk assessments, pruning, preservation, and safe removal undertaken in line with statutory duties, industry best practice, and agreed tree care strategies. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-West-Mallin... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4VP48H9Y2Z

This Lot provides a compliant route to market for public sector organisations seeking Grounds Maintenance & Associated Services across all Greater London Boroughs. Services available under this Lot include, but are not limited to: General Grounds Maintenance, including grass cutting, vegetation management, litter control, pathway maintenance, and seasonal grounds maintenance activities.

Soft Landscaping, including planting, turfing, horticultural services, soil preparation, and biodiversity enhancement works. Hard Landscaping, including paving, fencing, boundary treatments, drainage features, and associated refurbishment and maintenance works.

Additional details

Specialist Services, including ecological management, invasive species treatment, environmental protection measures, site clearance, and other specialist grounds maintenance activities. Arboriculture Services, including tree inspections, surveying, pruning, risk assessments, preservation works, and tree removal.

This Lot provides a compliant route to market for public sector organisations seeking Grounds Maintenance & Associated Services across the South East and South West regions. Services available under this Lot include, but are not limited to: General Grounds Maintenance, including grass cutting, vegetation management, litter control, pathway maintenance, and seasonal grounds maintenance activities.

Soft Landscaping, including planting, turfing, horticultural services, soil preparation, and biodiversity enhancement works. Hard Landscaping, including paving, fencing, boundary treatments, drainage features, and associated refurbishment and maintenance works.

Specialist Services, including ecological management, invasive species treatment, environmental protection measures, site clearance, and other specialist grounds maintenance activities. Arboriculture Services, including tree inspections, surveying, pruning, risk assessments, preservation works, and tree removal.

Geographical Coverage Kent Surrey East Sussex West Sussex Hampshire Berkshire, Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire Isle of Wight Gloucestershire Wiltshire Dorset Somerset Devon Cornwall This Lot provides a compliant route to market for public sector organisations seeking Grounds Maintenance & Associated Services across the East of England and East & West Midlands regions.

Services available under this Lot include, but are not limited to: General Grounds Maintenance, including grass cutting, vegetation management, litter control, pathway maintenance, and seasonal grounds maintenance activities. Soft Landscaping, including planting, turfing, horticultural services, soil preparation, and biodiversity enhancement works.

Hard Landscaping, including paving, fencing, boundary treatments, drainage features, and associated refurbishment and maintenance works. Specialist Services, including ecological management, invasive species treatment, environmental protection measures, site clearance, and other specialist grounds maintenance activities.

Arboriculture Services, including tree inspections, surveying, pruning, risk assessments, preservation works, and tree removal. Geographical Coverage Essex Hertfordshire Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Norfolk Suffolk West Midlands Warwickshire Worcestershire Staffordshire Shropshire

This Lot provides a compliant route to market for public sector organisations seeking Grounds Maintenance & Associated Services across the North West, Yorkshire & the Humber, and North East regions. Services available under this Lot include, but are not limited to: General Grounds Maintenance, including grass cutting, vegetation management, litter control, pathway maintenance, and seasonal grounds maintenance activities.

Soft Landscaping, including planting, turfing, horticultural services, soil preparation, and biodiversity enhancement works. Hard Landscaping, including paving, fencing, boundary treatments, drainage features, and associated refurbishment and maintenance works.

Specialist Services, including ecological management, invasive species treatment, environmental protection measures, site clearance, and other specialist grounds maintenance activities. Arboriculture Services, including tree inspections, surveying, pruning, risk assessments, preservation works, and tree removal.

Geographical Coverage Greater Manchester Merseyside Lancashire Cheshire Cumbria North Yorkshire West Yorkshire South Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire York Tyne and Wear County Durham Northumberland Tees Valley This Lot provides a compliant route to market for public sector organisations seeking Grounds Maintenance & Associated Services across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Services available under this Lot include, but are not limited to: General Grounds Maintenance, including grass cutting, vegetation management, litter control, pathway maintenance, and seasonal grounds maintenance activities. Soft Landscaping, including planting, turfing, horticultural services, soil preparation, and biodiversity enhancement works.

Hard Landscaping, including paving, fencing, boundary treatments, drainage features, and associated refurbishment and maintenance works. Specialist Services, including ecological management, invasive species treatment, environmental protection measures, site clearance, and other specialist grounds maintenance activities.

Arboriculture Services, including tree inspections, surveying, pruning, risk assessments, preservation works, and tree removal. This Lot provides a compliant route to market for public sector organisations seeking Grounds Maintenance & Associated Services across all of the UK & Northern Ireland.

Services available under this Lot include, but are not limited to: General Grounds Maintenance, including grass cutting, vegetation management, litter control, pathway maintenance, and seasonal grounds maintenance activities. Soft Landscaping, including planting, turfing, horticultural services, soil preparation, and biodiversity enhancement works.

Hard Landscaping, including paving, fencing, boundary treatments, drainage features, and associated refurbishment and maintenance works. Specialist Services, including ecological management, invasive species treatment, environmental protection measures, site clearance, and other specialist grounds maintenance activities. Arboriculture Services, including tree inspections, surveying, pruning, risk assessments, preservation works, and tree removal.

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Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services
Typepublic body
RegionUKJ46
Total tenders15
Total spend£2,630,000,000
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Published

26 August 2026

Submission deadline

24 September 2026

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