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Planned procurement · Notice 100193-2026

Environmental Services for Daventry Town Council

Daventry Town Council

Value
£9.3m
Stage
Early notice
Where
East Midlands
Lots
1
Suitable for SMEs
Yes, says the buyer
Contract
1 May 2028 – 1 May 2033

In plain English

Daventry Town Council is asking suppliers to fill in a market engagement questionnaire as it plans to re-tender its Environmental Services, covering grounds maintenance, trees, cemeteries, street and open-space cleaning, public toilets, bins, markets and play equipment in Daventry. The future contract is estimated at £9,317,760 for 1 May 2028 to 30 April 2033, but this is early planning and not yet open for bids.

Good fit for: Grounds maintenance, street cleansing and cemetery services firms, or groups of smaller firms, wanting to shape the future tender.

The catch (with the notice's own words):
  • Not open for bids yet The Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform its approach to the future procurement
  • Tree inspections need an ArbCert inspector Routine tree inspections undertaken by an ArbCert tree inspector
  • Must dispose of all waste produced The appointed supplier/s will be required to dispose of all waste generated through provision of the services.

Written with AI from the official notice. Check the notice before relying on it.

What the buyer says

Daventry Town Council is preparing for the procurement of its future Environmental Services arrangements, with the current contract due to expire in May 2028. The Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform its approach to the future procurement and to understand the capability, capacity and interest of potential suppliers. As part of this exercise, the Council is inviting interested suppliers to participate in a market engagement questionnaire. The scope of services is expected to include, but may not be limited to: • LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE to Council maintained open spaces, highway verges, residential areas and other sites to include: 247 acres of grass cutting, hedge and shrub maintenance, planting, floral displays, weed control, hard-surface maintenance, seasonal operations; • TREES / ARBORICULTURE - Routine tree inspections undertaken by an ArbCert tree inspector, arboricultural advice, planned/reactive tree works, emergency response and associated tree management; • PONDS, STREAMS, DITCHES & SUDS – Vegetation management, debris/obstruction clearance, maintaining water flow, inspections and reporting defects; • CEMETERIES / CHURCHYARDS & BURIAL OPERATIONS - Grounds maintenance, grave digging/preparation, cremated-remains interments, backfilling and grave reinstatement, associated cemetery operations; • ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE ACTIVITIES - Hanging baskets, memorial gardens, floral/seasonal activities and other operational enhancements; • CLEANSING OF OPEN SPACES AND SPECIFIED TOWN-CENTRE AREAS, to include litter picking, sweeping, litter and dog-waste bins, fly-tip removal, fly-posting, graffiti/defacement, abandoned trolleys, leaf/blossom/fruit clearance, event cleansing, weed control and clearance; • PUBLIC TOILET FACILITIES (Welton Road and Market …

Read the official notice

What happens next

This is an early notice: the buyer is planning a tender, and its documents come when the tender is published. Read the official notice for the details.

Procedure: not stated. Published 22 Oct 2026.

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