Planting and maintenance services of green areas: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 77310000Services · classin Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

Open now43open for bids now · see them in the search
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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.

Notices, last 12 months280216 contracting authorities · 944 in the catalogue
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot414% single-bid · 192 procedures, 36 months
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.

The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 319 lots from 192 competitions run by 168 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 131 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 188 from older notices (bids received, middle 3.5).

Last 36 months.

Typical contract value£178,100middle value of 377 contract awards, net · not frameworks
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What a contract here is usually worth.

Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.

Based on 377 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.

Published values, not actual spend.

Last 36 months.

Deadline to award45 daysmiddle value · 82 awarded procedures
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Based on 82 decided competitions, last 36 months.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Newest open tenders

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Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.

Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.

Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.

  • Local authorities40%(361 notices)
    361 of 903 notices are Local authorities (40%).
  • Other public bodies19%(174 notices)
    174 of 903 notices are Other public bodies (19%).
  • Housing associations10%(86 notices)
    86 of 903 notices are Housing associations (10%).
  • Central government9%(84 notices)
    84 of 903 notices are Central government (9%).
  • Education & universities5%(46 notices)
    46 of 903 notices are Education & universities (5%).
  • Not classified17%(152 notices)
    152 of 903 notices are Not classified (17%).
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)Other public bodies1450
Historic Environment Scotlandnot classified1370
The Royal Parks LtdOther public bodies1140
Leeds City CouncilLocal authorities1020
North Warwickshire & Hinckley Collaborativenot classified900
Staffordshire County CouncilLocal authorities860
Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC")not classified711
Forestry CommissionOther public bodies721
Highlands and Islands Enterprisenot classified700
Buckinghamshire CouncilLocal authorities610

596 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.

Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.

Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 812 of 944 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
South East England166 · 20%570%42%
West Midlands127 · 16%474%28%
Greater London125 · 15%673%17%
Scotland121 · 15%294%98%
East of England119 · 15%668%33%
Yorkshire and the Humber117 · 14%583%18%
East Midlands115 · 14%686%29%
South West England112 · 14%785%55%
North West England111 · 14%673%26%
North East England86 · 11%589%33%
Wales (Cymru)74 · 9%481%71%
Northern Ireland30 · 4%———

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract89%(836 notices)
    836 of 944 notices are Contract (89%).
  • Framework8%(80 notices)
    80 of 944 notices are Framework (8%).
  • Dynamic purchasing system3%(28 notices)
    28 of 944 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (3%).
Procedure route
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Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

  • Open64%(603 notices)
    603 of 944 notices are Open (64%).
  • Route not published13%(127 notices)
    127 of 944 notices are Route not published (13%).
  • Selective13%(120 notices)
    120 of 944 notices are Selective (13%).
  • Direct award5%(50 notices)
    50 of 944 notices are Direct award (5%).
  • Limited / restricted5%(44 notices)
    44 of 944 notices are Limited / restricted (5%).
Threshold
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.

Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.

  • Above threshold65%(163 notices)
    163 of 252 notices are Above threshold (65%).
  • Below threshold35%(89 notices)
    89 of 252 notices are Below threshold (35%).
Typical tender window
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How long bidders get to respond.

Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.

All notices we hold, not just recent ones.

31 daysrobust · n=260middle value, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (474) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=319
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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

  • 1 bid14%(44)
    44 of 319 lots fall in 1 bid (14%).
  • 2–333%(106)
    106 of 319 lots fall in 2–3 (33%).
  • 4–633%(106)
    106 of 319 lots fall in 4–6 (33%).
  • 7 or more20%(63)
    63 of 319 lots fall in 7 or more (20%).
Contract value, net
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The usual range of contract values here.

The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.

Published values, not actual spend.

p25 £54,440middle value £178,100p75 £560,491
interquartile range of 377 awards · p90 £2,046,373
Typical bids per lot
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.

The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 319 lots from 192 competitions run by 168 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 131 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 188 from older notices (bids received, middle 3.5).

Last 36 months.

4robust · n=192middle half 2–6
Competed
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.

Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.

367 of 458 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 16 more give no procedure and are left out.

Last 36 months.

80%robust · n=458
Bids from SMEs
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.

SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.

929 SME bids out of 1,265, on 286 lots where the buyer published the split.

Last 36 months.

73%robust · n=1,265
Awards won by SMEs
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.

Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.

221 of 270 awards where the winner declared its size.

Last 36 months.

82%robust · n=270
Won locally
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.

Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

70%robust · n=330winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimate
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.

For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.

Based on 161 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 36 months.

at the estimaterobust · n=16169 below · 48 above
Abandoned
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How often a tender ends with no award.

Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.

9 of 474 notices, last 36 months.

Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.

Last 36 months.

2%robust · n=474
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.

Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.

Based on 105 lots from 28 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.

Last 36 months.

4robust · n=2850 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins
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Which suppliers win the most here.

Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.

Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 931 awards to 361 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 14% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit
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Where bids for this work are submitted.

Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 470 of 944 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)95 notices · 20% · 3 open
In-tend Electronic Procurement85 notices · 18% · 3 open
Proactis / ProContract84 notices · 18% · 2 open
Sell2Wales38 notices · 8%
Delta eSourcing34 notices · 7% · 1 open
MultiQuote Sourcing Portal27 notices · 6% · 2 open
myTenders26 notices · 6% · 2 open

Open tenders in planting and maintenance services of…

43 open for bids now · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
New Grounds Maintenance Contract - Old Basing & Lychpit Parish CouncilOld Basing & Lychpit Parish Council26 Oct 20261d£531,000
Highway Grass Verge and Hedge Cutting, Rights of Way - Seasonal Vegetation cuts, Suds and Watercourse Maintenance4 lotsBedford Borough Council28 Oct 20262d£1,835,886
Grounds Maintenance ContractTotnes Town Council28 Oct 20262d£60,000
Prospere Learning Trust Grounds Maintenance5 lotsProspere Learning Trust30 Oct 20264d£350,000
CPU 8586 Grounds Maintenance Operated Plant FrameworkFrameworkNottingham City Council30 Oct 20264d£400,000 ceiling
ONGO Homes - Grounds Maintenance Services (Grass Cutting and Associated Grounds Maintenance Works)8 lotsOngo Homes1 Nov 20266d£2,175,749
Grounds Maintenance at WMFRA Sites 2026 - 2030West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority2 Nov 20267d£400,000
CM3634 Grounds and winter maintenance5 lotsYORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED2 Nov 20268d£4,000,000
Grass Cutting ContractKemble & Ewen Parish Council3 Nov 20268d£30,000
Abertay Housing Association - Landscape Maintenance 2027 - 20303 lotsAbertay Housing Association4 Nov 20269d—
Grass Cutting ContractFramework2 lotsDalston Parish Council5 Nov 202610d£30,000 ceiling
Planting and Maintenance of Flower BedsWest Bedlington Town Council5 Nov 202611d£60,000
Grounds and hedges maintenanceHalstead Parish Council8 Nov 202613d£28,000
PRO0663 - Grounds Maintenance Services YorkshireYour Housing Group11 Nov 202616d£666,667
Grounds Maintenance Services3 lotsNorth West Ambulance Service NHS Trust11 Nov 202616d£500,000
Molendinar+Reidvale HAs Landscape Maintenance Framework 2027FrameworkMolendinar Park Housing Association Limited16 Nov 202621d—
Ground Maintenance ServicesFramework2 lotsFalkirk Council16 Nov 202621d£1,500,000 ceiling
Grounds maintenance3 lotsCottenham Parish Council16 Nov 202621d£54,000
Norwich City Verges Mowing 2026Norse Eastern Ltd18 Nov 202623d£525,000
Procurement for Communal Cleaning, Grounds Maintenance and Window Cleaning in Central and East of England (Habinteg)(Split into Lots)4 lotsHabinteg Housing Association Limited25 Nov 202630d£444,707
Procurement for Communal Cleaning and Grounds Maintenance in Northeast England (Habinteg)(Split into Lots)4 lotsHabinteg Housing Association Limited25 Nov 202630d£328,851
Colne Town Council - Grounds MaintenanceColne Town Council27 Nov 202632d—
Grounds Maintenance Contract 2027-2031Penrith Town Council3 Dec 202638d£25,000
SOL-Schools Grounds Maintenance DPSDPS18 lotsSolihull Metropolitan Borough Council15 Aug 2027293d£1,675,000 ceiling
CHIC Grounds Maintenance - Dynamic Purchasing System [DPS]DPS3 lotsCommunities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC")19 Nov 2027389d£20,000,000 ceiling

All 43 open notices with CPV 7731… →

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 7731. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
  • Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
  • Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.