Ground Maintenance Services
Falkirk Council · Scotland · up to £1,500,000
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What the buyer wants
Falkirk Council is seeking experienced contractors to provide ground maintenance services through a framework agreement, covering arboriculture and rural grass cutting within the Falkirk Council area.
Falkirk Council wishes to undertake a tendering process to enter into a Framework Agreement with suitably experienced contractors for the provision of Ground Maintenance Service within the Falkirk Council area of Operation.
Key aims of the service are to provide a competitive, reliable, and customer-focused service to Place Services Roads and Grounds Maintenance Departments which will supplement the Council’s own in-house service.
The framework consist of 2 Lots, to which up to a maximum of 5 Contractors may be appointed per lot.
- Lot 1: Arboriculture Services
- Lot 2: Grass Cutting for Rural Area.
Description as published on Find a Tender: read the official notice.
How Tenderoo reads it
This is a framework agreement: a place on it puts you on the buyer's approved list, which they call work off from over the term. It is not a single job, and a small firm can hold a place alongside national suppliers.
The notice reads as suitable for a small or medium-sized firm: the scope, value and requirements are within reach of a business of that size.
Services required
- Grounds maintenance services
- Tree services
- Grass cutting services
What you will need to show
- Compliance with health and safety law — Suppliers must comply with health and safety legislation relevant to the services provided, including regulations referenced in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
- Compliance with British Standard BS 3998:2010 — For arboriculture services, suppliers must ensure all tree work complies with BS 3998:2010 and current industry best practices to minimize adverse effects on trees and surroundings.
- Demonstrate suitable experience — Suppliers must be suitably experienced contractors capable of delivering the specified ground maintenance services within the Falkirk Council area.
Lots
- Arboriculture Services (up to £1,300,000) — Falkirk Council wishes to establish a framework agreement with suitably experienced contractors for the provision of Arboriculture Services within the Falkirk Council Area of Operations. The work will consist of a variety of different operations carried out on tagged trees. Details of the tree numbers and work required will be provided, along with plans showing locations of the numbered trees. There may also be a requirement to carry out works on untagged, non-surveyed trees. In this situation maps, descriptions of works, manual tree marking and site visits will provide information on the contracted operations to be completed. All operations should comply with British Standard BS 3998:2010 and with current industry best practice. Tree work should be effectively organized and conducted to minimize any adverse effects on the trees, the site and their surroundings. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
- Grass Cutting for Rural Area (up to £200,000) — Falkirk Council wishes to establish a framework agreement with suitably experienced contractors for the provision of Grass Cutting Services within the Falkirk Council Area of Operations. Rural highway verges are to be cut to prevent the obstruction of sightlines, signage, prevent the establishment of self-set trees, inhibit the growth of weeds, and prevent vegetation encroaching onto footpaths and roads. Verges are located within the boundary of Falkirk Council and shown on the Ground Maintenance Service maps, numbered 1 to 23. These maps are located within the separately attached Zip Folder, (PS 259 27- Lot 2- Rural Verge Cutting Maps). Flood prevention channels and burns are to be cut the full width of the banking using a 7Mtr long reach side arm flail to prevent the establishment of self-set trees, inhibit the growth of weeds and prevent vegetation encroaching and narrowing the watercourse and blocking grills. Burns are located within the boundary of Falkirk Council and shown on the Ground Maintenance Service maps, numbered 24 to 45. These maps are located within the separately attached Zip Folder, (PS 259 27- Lot 2- Rural Verge Cutting Maps). The contract requires up to two complete cycles of cutting to be completed between April October each year and each cycle to completed in no more than 6 weeks. The start date for each cycle to be provided by Falkirk Council’s designated Officer. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
Key facts
- Buyer: Falkirk Council
- Estimated value: up to £1,500,000
- Deadline: 16 November 2026
- Location: Scotland
- Published on: Find a Tender — read the official notice
- First seen by Tenderoo: 16 October 2026
- CPV: 77314000, 03452000, 77211300, 77211400, 77211500, 77341000, 77314100
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