How to win: Grounds Maintenance Contract

About this contract

The Council is seeking suitably experienced and competent contractors to provide grounds maintenance services in accordance with the Council's specification. The principal services required are: • Grass cutting and trimming of urban grass verges; • Trimming and pruning of hedges, verges, trees and shrubs; • Rights of way clearance; • Cemetery maintenance; • May Balfour Gardens maintenance; and • Bin clearance. Additional services may occasionally be required, including: • Trimming and pruning of hedges, verges, trees and shrubs not forming part of the regular scheme; and • Siding out of overgrown footways or other Rights of Way not forming part of the regular scheme.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Marlow Town Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £85,000, 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 5 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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