Rural Grass Cutting and Verge Maintenance

Chelmsford City CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-0664aaProcurement Act 2023SME suitablepending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

Awarded 23 Apr 2025

Suppliers

1

1 SME

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

24 Apr 2026

Description

Chelmsford City Council manages Rural Grass Verge Cutting Services in the Council area, and is seeking to appoint an experienced and qualified Contractor to undertake two planned cuts annually (with occasional services as required). The service includes litter clearance, grass cutting and traffic management (as required). The first cut will be a single width cut followed by a 2nd full width cut on with the option of a third cut following an instruction by the supervising Officer. The contractor is required to submit an additional price per square metre for any smaller areas requiring additional cutting during the year. The Contract will be awarded for 3 years with an option of a further 2, 2 year extension periods.

Scope

Reference
CCC/2026/GRASS-CUTTING
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
30 Apr 2026 to 30 Apr 2029
Possible extension to 29 Apr 2033

Extension options include 2, 2 year extension periods.

CPV classifications
45233229
77314000
77314100
Contract locations
East of England, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Bid Back Financial Appendixprice60.00%
Technical criteriaquality40.00%

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

Award date

23 Apr 2025

Contract start

06 May 2026

Contract end

06 May 2029

Awarded to