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HCC Nov 25 - The Provision of a Framework for Grounds Maintenance Services
Published 5 Aug 2026
5 Aug 2026
- Primary CPV
-
77314000 *
Grounds maintenance services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Hertfordshire, East of England
- Value
- £60,000,000
- Contract
-
4 years Duration
03/08/2026 31/07/2030
- Contract Types
-
77 *Agricultural, forestry & horticultural s...Full CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Robertson House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, SG1 2FQ, United Kingdom · UKH23
Contact
Award Criteria
Not specified
- Contract Signed (find-tender.service.gov.uk) · Contract Signed
Related tenders
Hertfordshire County Council
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77314000 *
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Reference: HCC2517236
This opportunity has been awarded and is now closed.
Herts Fullstop, (“HFS”) the trading arm of Hertfordshire County Council (“the Council” or “HCC”) went out to tender for a Grounds Maintenance Framework to provide general Grounds Maintenance Services to sites throughout the County.
This Framework may be utilised by all departments of the Council including establishments such as Schools, Fire Stations, Disused Sites, Day Centers, Libraries etc. It may also be used for Grounds Maintenance work outside of the Council as requested by our partners and Customers (this may be outside the geographical area of Hertfordshire in some cases). The Grounds Maintenance Service includes items such as grass cutting, hedge cutting, sports field line marking, shrub bed maintenance and leaf clearance.
The figures quoted in the Tender notice and Award Notice are for guidance only and have been uplifted to include any possible spend from other sites, bodies/Councils may join at any time during the life of the Framework.
The Awarded Contractors are -
Churchill Contract Services Ltd
Glendale Countryside Ltd
John O'Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Ltd
Mark Walker (Grounds Maintenance) Ltd
PGSD Ltd
Stewart Bullard and Son Ltd
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 77314000 — Grounds maintenance services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Local authority
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Services
- Winning supplier
- SME
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Main category
- Services
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Framework agreement
- Yes
- Framework details
- This is a Contract Details Notice and this opportunity is now closed. Hertfordshire County Council went out to procurement for the Provision of a Framework for Grounds Maintenance Services. The Council used the Open Procedure as defined in the Procurement Act 2023 The Council is awarding the Framework to the six bidders as listed in the Contract Award Notice. Call-Offs Contracts under this Framework will be awarded in accordance with the ordering procedure detailed in Schedule 3 of the Framework which also contains the mini competition documents. All tenderers on the Framework will be invited to bid for the Call-Off Contracts.
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 05 Aug 2026 13:49
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ea47
- Notice ID
- HCC2517236
Organisations on this notice
Supplier SME
Parkland Square, 750a Capability Green, Luton, LU1 3LU, United Kingdom
01582760055
GB-PPON PPPD-4965-NLCQ
Glendale Countryside Limited
Supplier SME
Duxbury Park, Chorley, PR7 4AT, United Kingdom
01257460461
GB-PPON PHDB-1755-BJLL
Supplier SME
2 Great North Road, Welwyn, AL6 0PL, United Kingdom
01438717175
GB-PPON PNGL-8342-WGHT
Supplier SME
5, Swallow End, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1JA, United Kingdom
03332205485
GB-PPON PPVT-7364-ZTRG
Supplier SME
Supplier SME
Royston Road, Litlington, SG8 0RS, United Kingdom
07891669928
GB-PPON PMQZ-7375-WTLW
Full notice record
135 detailsEverything the publisher included in this notice, organised by section.
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | Hertfordshire County Council |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Robertson House, Six Hills Way |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Stevenage |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | SG1 2FQ |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKH23 |
| Party 1 › Contact › Email | strategic.procurement@hertfordshire.gov.uk |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Link | http://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk |
| Party 1 › Classification › Description | Public authority - sub-central government |
| Party 2 › Name | Chequers Contract Services Limited |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | Parkland Square, 750a Capability Green |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Luton |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | LU1 3LU |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKH21 |
| Party 2 › Contact › Email | chequersbids@churchillservices.com |
| Party 2 › Contact › Telephone | 01582760055 |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | sme |
| Party 2 › VCSEs | No |
| Party 2 › Public service mission organisation | No |
| Party 2 › Sheltered workshop | No |
| Party 3 › Name | Glendale Countryside Limited |
| Party 3 › Address › Street | Duxbury Park |
| Party 3 › Address › Town / city | Chorley |
| Party 3 › Address › Postcode | PR7 4AT |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 3 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKD47 |
| Party 3 › Contact › Email | busdev@glendale-services.co.uk |
| Party 3 › Contact › Telephone | 01257460461 |
| Party 3 › Role | supplier |
| Party 3 › Business size | sme |
| Party 3 › VCSEs | No |
| Party 3 › Public service mission organisation | No |
| Party 3 › Sheltered workshop | No |
| Party 4 › Name | John O'Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Ltd |
| Party 4 › Address › Street | 2 Great North Road |
| Party 4 › Address › Town / city | Welwyn |
| Party 4 › Address › Postcode | AL6 0PL |
| Party 4 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 4 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 4 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKH23 |
| Party 4 › Contact › Email | tenders@johnoconner.co.uk |
| Party 4 › Contact › Telephone | 01438717175 |
| Party 4 › Role | supplier |
| Party 4 › Business size | sme |
| Party 4 › VCSEs | No |
| Party 4 › Public service mission organisation | No |
| Party 4 › Sheltered workshop | No |
| Party 5 › Name | Mark Walker (Grounds Maintenance) Ltd |
| Party 5 › Address › Street | 5, Swallow End |
| Party 5 › Address › Town / city | Welwyn Garden City |
| Party 5 › Address › Postcode | AL7 1JA |
| Party 5 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 5 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 5 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKH23 |
| Party 5 › Contact › Email | marco.ametrano@markwalkergm.co.uk |
| Party 5 › Contact › Telephone | 03332205485 |
| Party 5 › Role | supplier |
| Party 5 › Business size | sme |
| Party 5 › VCSEs | No |
| Party 5 › Public service mission organisation | No |
| Party 5 › Sheltered workshop | No |
| Party 6 › Name | PGSD Ltd |
| Party 6 › Address › Street | Hounslow |
| Party 6 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 6 › Address › Postcode | TW3 2DH |
| Party 6 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 6 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 6 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKI75 |
| Party 6 › Contact › Email | tendering@pgsd.co.uk |
| Party 6 › Contact › Telephone | +442085773444 |
| Party 6 › Role | supplier |
| Party 6 › Business size | sme |
| Party 6 › VCSEs | No |
| Party 6 › Public service mission organisation | No |
| Party 6 › Sheltered workshop | No |
| Party 7 › Name | Stewart Bullard & Son Ltd |
| Party 7 › Address › Street | Royston Road |
| Party 7 › Address › Town / city | Litlington |
| Party 7 › Address › Postcode | SG8 0RS |
| Party 7 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 7 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 7 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKH12 |
| Party 7 › Contact › Email | accounts@stewartbullard.co.uk |
| Party 7 › Contact › Telephone | 07891669928 |
| Party 7 › Role | supplier |
| Party 7 › Business size | sme |
| Party 7 › VCSEs | No |
| Party 7 › Public service mission organisation | No |
| Party 7 › Sheltered workshop | No |
Buyer
| Name | Hertfordshire County Council |
Tender
| Title | HCC Nov 25 - The Provision of a Framework for Grounds Maintenance Services |
| Status | complete |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Open procedure |
| Techniques › Framework agreement | Yes |
| Techniques › Framework agreement › Method | With reopening competition |
| Techniques › Framework agreement › Type | open |
| Techniques › Framework agreement › Buyer Categories | Please be aware that Sites and the sites of other bodies/Councils may join at any time during the life of the Framework. However, the Call-Off process, including the Mini-Competition, will be carried out by Hertfordshire County Council. The advertised spend has allowed for some or all of the districts, boroughs and /or parish and town Councils join this Framework at a later stage (Devolution). |
| Techniques › Framework agreement › Buyer Location Restrictions › Gazetteer › Identifiers | UKH2 |
| Lot › Status | complete |
| Document › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Description | Not published |
Awards
| Status | active |
| Category | services |
| Supplier › Supplier 1 › Name | Chequers Contract Services Limited |
| Supplier › Supplier 2 › Name | Glendale Countryside Limited |
| Supplier › Supplier 3 › Name | John O'Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Ltd |
| Supplier › Supplier 4 › Name | Mark Walker (Grounds Maintenance) Ltd |
| Supplier › Supplier 5 › Name | PGSD Ltd |
| Supplier › Supplier 6 › Name | Stewart Bullard & Son Ltd |
| Item › CPV › Description | Grounds maintenance services |
Contracts
| Title | HCC Nov 25 - The Provision of a Framework for Grounds Maintenance Services |
| Status | active |
| Contract period › Start | 3 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period › End | 31 Jul 2030 |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £72,000,000 |
| Value › Value | £60,000,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Signed | 3 Aug 2026 |
| Document › Document 1 › Document type | Contract signed |
| Document › Document 1 › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-20178 |
| Document › Document 2 › Document type | Contract notice |
| Document › Document 2 › Description | Contract details notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Document 2 › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074222-2026 |
| Document › Document 2 › Published | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Agreed Metrics › Title | Quality Assurance |
| Agreed Metrics › Description | The use of the QA audit return sheets from schools/sites to ascertain the performance of the contract is a requirement of the Contractor to implement. A minimum of termly (3 x per year) for each school / site. Each QA must be signed off by the school / site and any actions required stated. All QAs are to be provided to the HCC Contract Manager before the next HCC Contractor meeting. A separate list of any issues and actions and resolutions is also to be provided by the Contractor before the HCC Contractor meeting. |
| Agreed Metrics › Observations › Contract period › Duration In Months | 4 |