Ground Maintenance Services

Buyer
Falkirk Council
Value
£1,500,000
Closes
16 November 2026
Where
Larbert, Scotland
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

Falkirk Council is looking for contractors to join a framework agreement to provide ground maintenance services. They want to appoint up to 5 contractors for each of two separate lots: tree surgery work and grass cutting on rural roadsides and watercourses.

What the buyer wants

• Lot 1: Arboriculture Services. Carry out tree work on tagged and untagged trees following British Standard BS 3998:2010. Work includes felling, pruning, and vegetation management on numbered trees shown on council maps. • Lot 2: Grass Cutting for Rural Areas. Cut roadside verges and flood prevention channels up to twice per year (April start date) using appropriate equipment including 7 metre reach flail cutters. Work locations shown on numbered maps 1 to 45.

Lots

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

The estimated contract value of £1.5 million is substantial and only 5 contractors per lot will be selected. Most small solo traders will struggle to compete without established arboriculture credentials, insurance for large-scale work, and proven experience on council contracts of significant scale.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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