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Every UK public grounds and tree-work tender, read and sorted for you, in one email each Tuesday.

GroundsBids reads the official UK tender feeds for you and sends one short email: the open grounds maintenance and landscaping contracts in your area, in plain English, plus a calendar of contracts coming up for renewal and who holds them now.

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Finding the right council contract shouldn't take all of Monday morning

Too many places to look

One buyer posts on Contracts Finder, another only on its own portal. One UK procurement professional counted 190+ different UK tender portals.

Alerts full of noise

Free alerts run on CPV codes that buyers use inconsistently. One UK business owner describes their portal alerts as "99% of them irrelevant despite having the filters set".

You hear about it too late

Some contracts are only worth chasing if you know months ahead that they are ending. Few tools show you when the contract ends or who holds it now.

Quotes from public online discussions by UK buyers and suppliers. See the FAQ.

How it works

Choose your coverageOne macro-region (for example London, South East and East of England) or the whole UK.
We filter the official feedsEvery week we pull Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, keep only grounds, landscaping, tree and grass-cutting work, and strip out equipment purchases, consultancy and construction.
A person checks it on MondayEach notice gets a short plain-English summary covering the work, the location, the value, the deadline and who can bid. Odd or broken notices are flagged.
One email on TuesdayOpen tenders by deadline, frameworks & DPS, pre-tender notices and the renewal calendar for your region.

What you get that free alerts don't give you

Your regions only: Tenders mapped to UK regions using buyer location, so you only see work you can reach.
Re-tender calendar: Contracts ending in the next 6–12 months, with the current supplier and the award value, so you can contact the buyer early.
Plain-English summaries: One or two sentences on what the job actually is, where it is, its value, the deadline and who can bid, so you can decide in seconds.
Pre-tender notices: Pipeline and market-engagement notices published months before the tender, so you can talk to the buyer while the spec is still being written.
Past award values: Where the same buyer has awarded similar work before, we show what it went for. That's a starting point when you price your bid. Wider coverage coming soon.
Deadline-first order: Closing soonest at the top, with the date and time from the official notice. Deadline reminder emails: coming soon.
Straight to the source: Every item links to the official notice. We never sit between you and the buyer.

A real preview: notices published to 17 October 2026

These are real notices from this week's feed, shown as they will appear in your email.

You're seeing one macro-region. Subscribers choose theirs or get all three. Shown here: South & East (London, South East, East of England), complete.

Arboricultural Services for Peterborough

Buyer: Peterborough City Council
Region: East of England
Value: £7,000,000
Deadline: 23 Oct 2026, 14:00
Source: Find a Tender

Peterborough City Council wants one contractor to look after around 40,000 council trees on highways, parks, cemeteries and school sites, covering pruning, crown work and felling. Up to £7m. Closes Fri 23 Oct at 14:00. Open procedure: any supplier can bid, but Arboricultural Association Approved Contractor status is required.

Can you bid? Open Accreditations: Arb Approved Contractor. Not stated in notice: turnover, insurance, location, TUPE.

Burial Ground Maintenance Contract

Buyer: Chobham Parish Council
Region: South East
Value: £36,000
Deadline: 23 Oct 2026, 17:00
Source: Find a Tender

Year-round care of Chobham's cemetery, extension area and car park: weekly mowing and strimming around headstones from April to September, litter and floral-tribute clearance, hedges and leaf clearance. About £36,000. Closes Fri 23 Oct at 17:00. Open to any supplier; no accreditation is stated in the notice.

Can you bid? Open Minimum turnover: Not stated in notice · Insurance: Insurance required (type and amount not stated) · Accreditations: Not stated in notice · Location requirement: Reserved for suppliers based in the UK · TUPE: Not stated in notice

New Grounds Maintenance Contract - Old Basing & Lychpit Parish Council

Buyer: Old Basing & Lychpit Parish Council
Region: South East
Value: £531,000
Deadline: 26 Oct 2026, 23:59
Source: Find a Tender

Full grounds maintenance for Old Basing & Lychpit Parish Council near Basingstoke: play areas, sports pitches (bowls, cricket, football, archery), cemetery, allotments, car parks and a heritage site. About £531,000. Closes Mon 26 Oct at 23:59. Open procedure, but the contractor must be based within 10 miles of Basingstoke and show bowling-green, cricket-pitch and heritage-site experience.

Can you bid? Open Location requirement: Must be based within 10 miles of Basingstoke. Not stated in notice: turnover, insurance, accreditations, TUPE.

Pre-tender: coming up before the tender

Pipeline / market engagement Public Rights of Way Grass Cutting
Suffolk County Council · East of England · published 8 Oct 2026
Suffolk County Council is preparing to tender grass cutting on public rights of way across the county, in 16 geographic lots. Estimated at about £775,000. Advance notice only: no tender documents yet.
Planned procurement EPP0282 Arboriculture Works to Urban and Rural Trees, Rochford
Rochford District Council · East of England · published 5 Oct 2026
Rochford District Council plans to buy tree and grounds works for its parks, open spaces and other council land. Estimated at about £420,000. The notice gives 6 Nov 2026 as the planned tender date.
Planned procurement Arboricultural Services for Peterborough
Peterborough City Council · East of England · published 28 Sep 2026
Advance notice of Peterborough's arboricultural contract for about 40,000 council trees, estimated at about £5m at the time. The full tender is now open (see Open tenders).
Planned procurement The Provision of County Urban and Rural Verge Maintenance Services in Powys, Mid-Wales
Powys County Council · Wales · published 15 Oct 2026
Powys County Council will soon tender grass cutting on urban and rural road verges, starting 1 April 2027. It's split into 2 lots (rural and urban) with 10 geographic sub-lots. Estimated at about £1.5m.

Re-tender calendar: South & East, next contracts ending

None of these has a new tender notice yet.

Ends	Contract	Buyer	Region	Current supplier	Award value
31 Oct 2026 Within 6 months	Horticultural Services Contract Horticultural services across Fenland, held by Tivoli since November 2015 (5+5 years). The council has used a final 12-month extension while it prepares a new procurement.	Fenland District Council	East of England	Tivoli	£6,400,000
20 Nov 2026 Within 6 months	Arboricultural services - Tree works operations A small tree-works order at the Manchester Mansions estate.	London Borough of Islington	London	M Parkin Tree Specialists Ltd	£4,980
14 Dec 2026 Within 6 months	2425-0208 Shearling Way Landscaping Improvements Landscaping a disused ball court and walkway on the Shearling Way estate, N7. A one-off project, not a recurring contract.	London Borough of Islington	London	Borras Construction Ltd	£300,000
23 Dec 2026 Within 6 months	Veteran Tree Services - Epping Forest Veteran-tree care and habitat management in Epping Forest, shared between 4 contractors.	City of London Corporation	London	John O'Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Ltd, Heartwood Tree Surgeons LTD, Ainsty Timber Marketing Limited, Aztech Tree Services LTD	£389,080

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FAQ

Where does the data come from?

From the UK government's official Find a Tender service and Contracts Finder, published under the Open Government Licence. We filter and summarise it. We don't change the official details. Always check the original notice before you bid.

Do you cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

We include notices from those nations that appear on Find a Tender. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI are separate portals. We don't fully cover them yet.

Is every tender in the UK included?

No. Some buyers publish only on their own portals. We cover the two central feeds, which is where most UK public-sector notices end up, and we say so openly.

How is the re-tender calendar built?

From contract award notices that state a contract end date. Not every notice states one, and contracts can be extended, so treat the dates as a guide.

Who checks the digest?

The feeds are filtered automatically and the summaries are drafted with software help. Then a person reviews every issue on Monday, checks the plain-English summaries and flags anything odd (for example, a notice with an obviously wrong date) before it goes out on Tuesday.

Where do the "190+ portals" and "99% irrelevant" quotes come from?

From public discussions in two Reddit communities, r/procurement and r/smallbusinessuk, in 2026. We quote them as one person's experience, not as statistics.

Do you help write bids?

No. We help you find the right opportunities early. The bid is yours.

What is a macro-region?

A group of neighbouring UK regions. South & East covers London, South East and East of England. Midlands & West covers East and West Midlands, South West and Wales. North, Scotland & NI covers North West, North East, Yorkshire & the Humber, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

What is founder pricing?

Founder price for the first 20 paying subscribers, until 31 January 2027: £19 (macro-region) or £29 (national) a month, or £190/£290 a year. Your rate stays fixed while you remain subscribed. Once the 20 founder places are taken, or after 31 January 2027, new subscribers pay £29/£49 a month.

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