Grounds maintenance services

Tender description

This tender is to procure the grounds maintenance de-scoped service for each of the schools in the Exeter PFI Contract in accordance with the schedule of works. This will involve the routine horticultural and other related maintenance of landscape areas including lawns, beds, hedges, trees, hard surfaces, and sports areas including natural pitches, high quality grass, tree surveys. All weather and certain other types of artificial sports pitches will be maintained by the hard FM contractor. Other maintenance work of a similar nature, including some landscaping, may be ordered as required and such work will be paid for in addition to the contract price. The following six schools within Exeter are part of the Exeter Schools PFI Contract: (a) Wynstream Primary School, (b) Isca Academy, (c) St James School, (d) St Lukes Church of England School, (e) St Peters VA School, (f) West Exe School. Currently grounds maintenance is undertaken as part of the PFI FM contract who subcontract the service out. This contract is up for review and the aim is for cleaning, catering and grounds maintenance FM services to be de-scoped from the new PFI FM contract to enable the schools to directly procure and contract these services. The strategy is for the schools to gain more direct control how the services are contracted and delivered. This tender is to procure the grounds maintenance de-scoped service for each of the schools in the Exeter PFI contract in accordance with the schedule of works. This will involve the routine horticultural and other related maintenance of landscape areas including lawns, beds, hedges, trees, hard surfaces, and sports areas including natural pitches, high-quality grass, tree surveys. All weather and certain other types of artificial sports pitches will be maintained by the hard FM contractor. Other maintenance work of a similar nature, including some landscaping, may be ordered as required and such work will be paid for in addition to the contract price.