Tender: Grounds Maintenance Services for Royal Parks – Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, St James, The Green Park and Tower Garden

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The Royal Parks is seeking a supplier for grounds maintenance services across multiple sites: Lot 1 Hyde Park, Lot 2 Kensington Gardens and Lot 3 covering St James, The Green Park and Tower Garden. The contract covers routine and reactive grass cutting, lawn care and turf management; maintenance of hedges, shrubs, flowerbeds and seasonal planting; weed control using approved herbicides and environmentally sustainable alternatives; litter picking, leaf clearance and general grounds tidiness; winter services such as gritting and snow clearance where applicable; stewarding at select events and sites; and associated inspections, reporting and compliance with relevant health, safety, environmental standards and Park management. Successful suppliers must demonstrate relevant experience and technical capability in grounds maintenance, work to applicable ISO or equivalent standards (for example ISO 9001, 14001), and show a commitment to sustainability, biodiversity and social value outcomes in line with the public benefit requirements of the Procurement Act 2023. The scope may change during the contract lifetime depending on regulatory requirements, weather and other sustainability challenges, site use changes, and impacts to biodiversity and security that could affect planting and operations.