Grounds maintenance services

Tender description

Devon County Council seeks to engage a single grounds maintenance contractor to provide grounds maintenance services for Devon County Council corporate premises across the county of Devon. The Devon County Council estate comprises approximately 70 sites including corporate office buildings, educational units, Children's Centres, Social Care Units, and Libraries. Most establishments incorporate at least the following areas of work: — Regular Grass cutting. — Rough Grass cutting. — Hedges. — Shrub beds (especially standard shrub beds and shrub bed edging). — Direct labour. — Miscellaneous — weed killing, and moss and algae treatment. Devon County Council seeks to engage a single grounds maintenance contractor to provide grounds maintenance services for approximately 70 DCC corporate premises. Most establishments incorporate at least the following - Grass cutting: Hedges: Shrub beds (especially standard shrub beds and shrub bed edging): Direct labour; Miscellaneous — weed killing, and moss and algae treatment. The contract will be for a five year period from the 1.1.2017 until the 31.12.2021. DCC will have the ability to execute a break clause after 12 months if in DCC's opinion the performance to the contract has been poor. DCC will have also have the ability to execute a break clause after 36 months Tenderers should note that sites may be dispersed across the county and Individual sites may be added to, or may leave the contract during the course of its duration. Tenderers should ensure that the rates tendered are sufficient to cover all costs including travel to additional remote sites.