Environmental Services for Daventry Town Council

Grounds maintenance, arboriculture, street cleansing, cemetery operations, play equipment and public toilet services for a town council.

• LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE to Council maintained open spaces, highway verges, residential areas and other sites to include: 247 acres of grass cutting, hedge and shrub maintenance, planting, floral displays, weed control, hard-surface maintenance, seasonal operations
• TREES / ARBORICULTURE - Routine tree inspections undertaken by an ArbCert tree inspector, arboricultural advice, planned/reactive tree works, emergency response and associated tree management
• PONDS, STREAMS, DITCHES & SUDS – Vegetation management, debris/obstruction clearance, maintaining water flow, inspections and reporting defects
• CEMETERIES / CHURCHYARDS & BURIAL OPERATIONS - Grounds maintenance, grave digging/preparation, cremated-remains interments, backfilling and grave reinstatement, associated cemetery operations
• ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE ACTIVITIES - Hanging baskets, memorial gardens, floral/seasonal activities and other operational enhancements
• CLEANSING OF OPEN SPACES AND SPECIFIED TOWN-CENTRE AREAS, to include litter picking, sweeping, litter and dog-waste bins, fly-tip removal, fly-posting, graffiti/defacement, abandoned trolleys, leaf/blossom/fruit clearance, event cleansing, weed control and clearance
• PUBLIC TOILET FACILITIES (Welton Road and Market Trader) - Opening/closing, cleaning, restocking consumables, reporting defects/blockages
• LITTER & DOG WASTE BINS - Cleaning bins, responding to overflowing bins, replacement and installation of new/additional litter and dog-waste bins
• DAVENTRY MARKETS - Market-area checks, road closure/reopening, cleansing before/after market, operational support, reporting issues
• PLAY EQUIPMENT - Routine safety inspections, cleansing, minor maintenance and repairs, reporting defects, urgent response to safety issues, maintenance of surfacing, gates, fencing and associated features

Terms and requirements

Contract type

Single contract or separate packages/lots to be determined

Initial term

60 months

Extensions

36 months

Longest it can run

96 months

Contract dates

1 May 2028 to 30 April 2033

Certifications asked for

ArbCert tree inspector

Lots

1

Suitable for SMEs

Yes

Category

Services

CPV codes

45112710, 45112711, 45112712, 45112714

Services in this tender

• Grounds maintenance contractMain service£137k typicalLandscape maintenance of open spaces, verges and sites within environmental services
• Street cleansing£106k typicalCleansing of open spaces and town-centre areas, bins and fly-tip removal

Lifecycle

1. Published
   22 October 2026
2. Deadline for bids15 days left
   20 November 2026
3. Contract awardedUsually published within a few months
4. Contract starts
   1 May 2028