How to win: Burial Ground Maintenance Contract

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Main Job Specifications: WEEKLY - Pick up any litter in the cemetery & car park and empty all bins. Remove any discarded or dead floral tributes from plots and remove from site Remove any other debris from site Clear debris, rake & level uneven shingle in the car park, cemetery entrance and pathways APRIL - SEPTEMBER: Weekly mowing of the cemetery & strimming around the headstones. Weekly mowing & strimming of the grass in the extension area next to the cemetery AUTUMN - clear and remove the leaves MONTLY TASKS: Clear all weeds and remove all debris from the hornbeam hedge between the established and new areas of the cemetery. Clear underneath the trees along the Western boundary removing all weeds, leaves & debris. Clear all weeds and remove all debris from the hedge along the western, eastern & southern boundaries OCTOBER - MARCH: Maintain a tidy appearance of all the grass areas, cutting & strimming as per the maintenance contract. The levelling of graves as needed and to include the supplying of top soil and seed. YEARLY TASKS - Once a year between March - April: Cut path edges in line with natural boundaries & pathways. Twice a year - in Sprin

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Chobham Parish Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £36,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 23 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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