CP2337-23 Devon County Council Corporate Grounds Maintenance Contract

Descriptions

Devon County Council seeks to engage a single grounds maintenance contractor to provide grounds maintenance services for Devon County Council corporate premises across the county of Devon. The Devon County Council estate comprises corporate office buildings, together with some educational units, Children's Centres, Social Care Units, Economic Development sites/Business Parks and Libraries. Most establishments incorporate at least the following areas of work: • Regular Grass cutting • Rough Grass and conservation cutting • Hedges • Shrub beds (especially standard shrub beds and shrub bed edging) • Hard Surface Weed Control • Direct labour • Miscellaneous - litter and leaves. The contract will be for a four year period from the 1st of May 2023 until the 30th April 2027, with a possible 2 year extension to the 30th April 2029. DCC will have the ability to execute a break clause after 24 months if in DCC's opinion the performance to the contract has been poor and significant complaints have been received in relation to timescales of service, delivery of service, behaviour management of the contract.