How to win: ONGO Homes - Grounds Maintenance Services (Grass Cutting and Associated Grounds Maintenance Works)

About this contract

Ongo Homes is seeking suitably experienced and qualified contractors to deliver grounds maintenance and estate caretaking services across its housing stock and communal land portfolio throughout North Lincolnshire and other designated locations. The contract comprises the provision of high-quality communal grounds maintenance services including grass cutting (Cut & Fly and Cut & Collect), Maintenance of landscaped areas, beds and planters. The successful contractor(s) will be required to deliver a customer-focused service that ensures all communal areas are maintained to a clean, safe, tidy and visually attractive standard, whilst complying with all relevant health and safety, environmental and safeguarding requirements. Contractors will be expected to provide programmed maintenance, performance monitoring, digital completion records, quality audits, and proactive reporting of defects and improvement opportunities.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Ongo Homes scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £2,175,748.99, 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 2 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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