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Historic England

ITT - Gardening and Grounds Maintenance at Brooklands, Cambridge (UID 219)

Agriculture & ForestryCPV 71421000
Value£36k
Deadline7 Aug 2026
Published9 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 9 Jul 202614 days leftCloses 7 Aug 2026
Who to contact
procurement-he@historicengland.org.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Please see additional documents and further information at our procurement portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/historicengland/aspx/ProjectManage/572

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£36ktotal contract value
median £150k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits below the typical range for Agriculture, Forestry & Horticulture contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 3,317 valued Agriculture, Forestry & Horticulture tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Gardening and grounds maintenance for Brooklands House, Cambridge: • Grass maintenance • Shrub and herbaceous border/ bed maintenance • Hedge maintenance • Litter management, sweeping and cleaning • Leaf and woody debris collection, redistribution, composting • Annual tree pruning • Annual Jet washing of external slabs and steps

What it takes to bid this

59 daysof bid-team effort
£3.4k£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidSSIP-family accreditation
  • Hold at bidWaste carrier / pesticide / arboricultural certifications as relevant
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c756
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
064629-2026
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