GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES Comprising LOTS relating to: Grounds Maintenance; Cemetery Maintenance and Burials; Trees and Hedges

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East Staffordshire Borough Council is seeking organisations to provide grounds maintenance services including burials and emergency works. There are three Lots: Lot 1: Grounds Maintenance Lot 2: Cemetery Grounds Maintenance and Burials Lot 3: Trees and Hedges The Authority is therefore seeking suitably qualified organisations to bid for a single Lot or a combination of Lots. The proposed Contract is for an initial term of five (5) years with the option to extend for up to a further five (5) years. The contract is due to commence from 1st November 2021. Lot Lot 1: Grounds Maintenance Lot 1 is a contract for an organisation to provide grounds maintenance services at the Authority’s open spaces in East Staffordshire including emergency works and winter gritting on Council car parks and land drainage. This lot has particular focus on: •Grass cutting and maintenance •Pitch preparation and maintenance (leisure) •Shrub bed maintenance, reinstatement and new works •Herbaceous bed maintenance and new works •Summer and spring beds and hanging baskets •Chemical control •Play site inspections and maintenance •Furniture fittings and fences •Litter picking •Bin emptying and cleansing •Filling and delivery of sandbags during flooding incidents •Opening and locking of car park barriers •Winter gritting •Emergency works •Land Drainage The proposed Contract is for an initial term of five (5) years with the option to extend up to a further five (5) years. The contract is due to commence from 1st November 2021. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6S23WV26XS Lot 2: Cemetery Grounds Maintenance and Burials Lot 2 is a contract for an organisation to provide grounds maintenance services and burials at Stapenhill and Rolleston cemetery: •Burial works •Grass cutting and maintenance •Shrub bed maintenance, reinstatement and new works •Hedge maintenance, reinstatement and new works •Herbaceous bed maintenance and new works •Hanging baskets and planters •Chemical control •Furniture fittings and fences •Litter picking •Emptying and cleansing of litter bins •Winter gritting The proposed Contract is for an initial term of five (5) years with the option to extend up to a further five (5) years. The contract is due to commence from 1st November 2021. Lot 3: Trees and Hedges Lot 3 is a contract for an organisation to provide arboriculture services including emergency works: •Hedge maintenance, reinstatement and new works •Tree maintenance •Emergency works The proposed Contract is for an initial term of five (5) years with the option to extend up to a further five (5) years. The contract is due to commence from 1st November 2021.