Grounds Maintenance Contract (including Assisted Garden Maintenance)

A Contract Award Notice
by HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL (INVERNESS) LIMITED

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
not specified
Value
£164K-£2M
Sector
ENVIRONMENT
Published
04 Mar 2025
Delivery
not specified
Deadline
n/a

Related Terms

Location

Highlands and Islands: Inverness, Alness, Nairn, Invergordon, Wick, Nairn and others

Geochart for 1 buyers and 2 suppliers

Description

Highland Residential is a social enterprise company, a wholly owner subsidiary of Albyn Housing Society Ltd. This is the Contract Award notice for the provision of grounds maintenance to factored sites and assisted garden maintenance (AGM) for eligible tenants’ gardens. There is also an element of improvements through landscaping. There are currently 178 sites where grounds maintenance is required, plus 123 assisted garden maintenance, in various locations across the Highlands.

Lot Division

1 North Highlands including Inverness, Nairn, Alness, Dingwall, Invergordon and other areas

This lot includes 159 sites and 114 gardens (numbers subject to change over the duration of the contract). The purpose is to instil a sense of pride in where our tenants (and owners) enjoy living. Works include: - Regular grass cutting and maintenance - Regular shrub/planted areas and hard surfaces maintenance - Routine maintenance tasks such as leaf clearance and hedge/shrub pruning. - Litter pick up and disposal - Planting of new and replacement shrubs, hedges and bulbs etc. - The design of landscape features as requested by Highland Residential Having tidy, well-maintained grounds positively impacts on our tenants’ (and owners’) experience and their overall satisfaction with where they live. It’s important that the work is carried out to a consistently high standard, with each site left well-maintained and clean and tidy. The contractor will be required to submit Key Performance Indicator information and communicate effectively with Highland Residential. Community benefits are contractually required. Additional information: Community benefits will be required. A site visit was mandatory.

Award Criteria
Method Statement 15
Quality, performance and communications 15
Resources 20
Health & Safety 10
Community Benefits 10
price 30
2 Aviemore and Cairngorms

This lot includes 19 sites and 9 gardens (numbers subject to change over the duration of the contract). The purpose is to instil a sense of pride in where our tenants (and owners) enjoy living. Works include: - Regular grass cutting and maintenance - Regular shrub/planted areas and hard surfaces maintenance - Routine maintenance tasks such as leaf clearance and hedge/shrub pruning. - Litter pick up and disposal - Planting of new and replacement shrubs, hedges and bulbs etc. - The design of landscape features as requested by Highland Residential Having tidy, well-maintained grounds positively impacts on our tenants’ (and owners’) experience and their overall satisfaction with where they live. It’s important that the work is carried out to a consistently high standard, with each site left well-maintained and clean and tidy. The contractor will be required to submit Key Performance Indicator information and communicate effectively with Highland Residential. Community benefits are contractually required. Additional information: Community Benefits are required. Mandatory Site visit was required prior to bidding.

Award Criteria
Quality, Performance and Communications 15
Resources 20
Health & Safety 10
Community Benefits 10
Method Statement 15
price 30

Award Detail

1 Higher Ground Community Services (Dingwall)
  • North Highlands including Inverness, Nairn, Alness, Dingwall, Invergordon and other areas
  • Reference: 007814-2025-1
  • Value: £1,799,760
2 Highland Groundcare (Inverness)
  • Aviemore and Cairngorms
  • Reference: 007814-2025-2
  • Value: £163,500

CPV Codes

  • 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services

Indicators

  • Options are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** (SC Ref:792223)

Reference

  • ocds-h6vhtk-04ccc0
  • FTS 007814-2025

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