Original Tender Description
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is seeking to commission a greenspaces
maintenance service from a single provider for defined sites within the boundary of the
borough including parks and recreation grounds, greenspaces, playgrounds, highways
verges and gardens, housing estates, allotments, Public rights of way and corporate
properties. The supplier will also be required to provide public toilet opening, closing,
inspection and cleaning services for defined locations; an opening, closing, inspection and
cleaning service for sports changing rooms and pavilions; a management and maintenance
service for outdoor sports pitches and facilities including a marketing, letting, booking and
income collection service; a management and maintenance service for allotment sites
including inspections, invoicing and issuing of tenancy agreements. The provider will also
support friends groups, volunteers and event organisers and is required to be self monitoring
and auditing.
The contract for these services has been commissioned using the competitive dialogue
procedure under the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
The duration of the contract will be seven years plus one seven year extension period at the
absolute sole discretion of the Authority, creating a contract for a maximum length of 14
years.