Tender: Grounds Maintenance Services for Apex Housing Association — Northern Ireland (5 Lots)

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Apex Housing Association Limited is seeking Suppliers to provide planned and discretionary grounds maintenance services at its sites across Northern Ireland. The requirement is divided into five geographical Lots with a separate Contract for each awarded Lot; Apex may also instruct discretionary, remedial and emergency grounds maintenance works through Service Orders and no minimum volume or value of discretionary work is guaranteed. Estimated annual values excluding VAT (including allowance for discretionary works) are: Lot 1 £130,000; Lot 2 £70,000; Lot 3 £50,000; Lot 4 £60,000; Lot 5 £70,000, and the estimated maximum value across all five Lots over the maximum 48-month contract period is £1,520,000 excluding VAT. Each Contract has an initial 24-month term with options to extend for up to two further periods of 12 months. If a Lot becomes vacant during the Contract period, Apex may offer the affected Lot to an appointed Supplier that submitted a compliant Tender for that Lot; a Supplier may be permitted to deliver a maximum of three Lots subject to acceptance and capacity, and any reallocation may be temporary or for the remainder of the affected Lot's Contract term.