STC1131 Provision of Grounds Maintenance Services

The Authority wishes to contract with a Potential Supplier for the provision of Grounds Maintenance Services across the Parliamentary Estate. The Required Works, Services and Supplies are likely to include, but are not limited to, the following:

o The maintenance, by cutting, treating and feeding, of all grassed areas on the Parliamentary Estate. o The planting and maintenance of all planted borders and planters/troughs on the Parliamentary Estate. o The pruning and maintenance of all trees, shrubs and hedges on the Parliamentary Estate. o The removal of all waste from the above activities.

The Successful Contractor must be capable of providing and coordinating the input of all of the above (and any additional similar or related) works, services and supplies necessary for delivery of the Contract within the required timescale.

Additional information: The SQ documents will be accessible at the Houses of Parliament's e-procurement portal: http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk. Tender submissions must be uploaded to the e-procurement portal; electronic responses submitted via e-mail are not acceptable. To access these documents select the tender reference STC1131 in the 'current tenders' list, click on the 'view tender details' and express interest by clicking on the button provided. You will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have previously registered with In-Tend, please follow the link shown which will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents. If you have registered and forgotten your username and password, click on the 'forgotten password' link on the In-Tend homepage. Please keep this username and password secure and do not pass it to any third parties. If you are experiencing problems, please contact the PPCS Business Support team via email: [email protected] or call +44 (0)207 219 1600 for further assistance. You are advised to allow sufficient time when responding to this ITT, and for the full uploading of documents, prior to the closing date of 12.00 noon UK time on 30 August 2019. Late tenders will not be accepted. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application such as WinZip or WinRAR.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes