Weed Killing Tenders and Contracts

Weed killing tenders cover the treatment of weeds on highways, footpaths, kerbs and other hard surfaces. Some contracts also include weed clearance from drains, verges and paved areas.

Stotles brings together weed killing tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Town and parish councils fold weed spraying into grounds maintenance contracts, while larger councils tender hard surface weed treatment on its own.

Operators applying herbicides need a certificate of competence under the Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012, and products must be approved for amenity use. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Both appear in UK public sector notices. Some buyers run a standalone weed control contract, while others fold weed killing and clearance into a broader grounds maintenance or highways contract.

Notices commonly ask for herbicide spraying, mechanical or manual clearance, or a named method such as glyphosate application. Some buyers require DEFRA-approved products and methods only.

Local councils and highways authorities are regular buyers, alongside housing associations and universities. Contracts are sometimes let alongside wider grounds maintenance work.

Read seasonal grounds and highways maintenance plans, weed control programmes and expiry dates for existing spraying contracts, which show work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the councils behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Weed killing notices carry 77312100 (Weed-killing services) and 77312000 (Weed-clearance services). Grounds maintenance contracts that include weed control carry 77314000 (Grounds maintenance services).