Category

Grounds and horticultural services contracts in the UK public sector

Grounds maintenance, tree work, planting and related agricultural and horticultural services. One of the more accessible categories for smaller regional suppliers, and usually let on multi-year terms.

144
Contracts, last 12 months
851
Contracts since 2021
393
Buyers active here
£127k
Median contract value
183
Expiring in 18 months

Categories are derived from the CPV codes buyers publish on each award notice. Figures cover January 2021 onward and are comprehensive from 2023. The median is used rather than a total, because one framework ceiling would otherwise describe the whole category.

Coming up for renewal

183 grounds and horticultural services contracts expiring in the next 18 months

Each has an end date already published in its award notice. The incumbent knows the date. Most competitors find out when the re-tender appears, by which point the specification is written.

ContractBuyerIncumbentValueExpires
CA12682 - The Provision of Grounds Maintenance Services for Bury CollegeBury CollegeAlben Landscapes Ltd£89k24 Sept 2026
Kings Worthy Parish Council - grounds maintenance contract (2023)Kings Worthy Parish CouncilGREEN SMILE LTD.£144k30 Sept 2026
Tree Maintenance ContractWirral Borough Councilarborforce group limited£1.1m30 Sept 2026
Weed Spraying Service 2024 - 2026Fylde Borough CouncilDTMS Group£96k30 Sept 2026
22112 Grounds Maintenance Contract 2023 for CCC Park and Ride Sites and Guided Busway and South Cambridgeshire District Council Housing Sites.Cambridgeshire County CouncilSP Landscapes and Tree Contractors£1.7m4 Oct 2026
22112 Grounds Maintenance Contract 2023 for CCC Park and Ride Sites and Guided Busway and South Cambridgeshire District Council Housing Sites.Cambridgeshire County CouncilSP Landscapes and Tree Contractors£1.7m4 Oct 2026
AT1261 Luton Open Tender for Conservation Grass Cutting and Disposal ServiceLuton Borough CouncilShaws of Stopsley Limited£501k13 Oct 2026
Horticultural Services ContractFenland District CouncilTivoli£600k31 Oct 2026
Highways Weed Spraying and Treatment of Invasive WeedsBlackburn with Darwen Borough CouncilJapanese Knotweed Ltd£160k31 Oct 2026
Tree Protection Order (TPO) Database_23Liverpool City CouncilR&A Software (Systems) Ltd. (trading as RA Information Syste£29k1 Nov 2026
LDC-311 Tree WorksLichfield District Council5 suppliers (framework)£74k12 Nov 2026
Contract for the resin underpinning of properties via PFHRedditch Borough CouncilGeobear£250k26 Nov 2026
Annual Tree Inspection Services - AWARDDudley Metropolitan Borough CouncilTreework Services Ltd t/a Treework Environmental PracticeNot stated30 Nov 2026
Ref: 2023-655 Supply Statistical advice and analysis to AHDB's Recommended ListAHDBThe James Hutton Institute£100k30 Nov 2026
Provision of a Highways Verges, Amenity Land and Specialist Grass Cutting ServiceBlackburn with Darwen Borough Council2 suppliers (framework)£240k30 Nov 2026

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Common questions

Grounds and horticultural services procurement, in short

Who buys grounds and horticultural services in the UK public sector?

393 public sector organisations have awarded grounds and horticultural services contracts since 2021. The most active are Surrey County Council (46 contracts), Forestry Commission (32 contracts), Oxfordshire County Council (20 contracts).

How much is a typical grounds and horticultural services contract worth?

The median is £127k, across the 807 contracts of 851 that publish a value. A median rather than an average, because a single framework worth hundreds of millions would otherwise make the typical contract look far larger than it is.

When do grounds and horticultural services contracts come up for renewal?

183 contracts in this category have an end date inside the next 18 months. End dates are published in the original award notice, so they are visible long before any re-tender is advertised, which is usually the point at which the specification is already written.

How do I find new grounds and horticultural services tenders?

Notices are published across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, each with its own search. Tender Radar reads all four each weekday morning and scores new notices against your profile, alongside the contracts in this category approaching renewal.

Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear.