Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bec-132f-7124-915b-df3e5d2640b3/ground-maintenance awarded GB direct award procedure Suitable for SMEs # Ground Maintenance [The Swaythling Housing Society Ltd (Trading as Abri)](https://tendernation.io/buyers/the-swaythling-housing-society-ltd-trading-as-abri) Estimated value Not stated Published 2 Oct 2026 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender This is for the provision of grounds maintenance services across Abri's London estates, blocks, and schemes. The service is required to ensure that all communal external areas are maintained to a consistently high horticultural, environmental, and aesthetic standard. The Contractor shall provide the necessary labour, supervision, equipment, and resources to deliver a safe, reliable, and high-quality service that enhances the appearance, safety, and environmental value of the managed areas. The scope of services includes the maintenance of grassed areas, hedges, shrubs, rose beds, flower beds, planted areas, planters, and other soft landscaped areas, together with associated horticultural maintenance activities required to keep communal grounds in a clean, safe, and attractive condition. Abri intends to award this contract directly to the incumbent supplier. Abri’s Estate Services is currently undertaking a strategic review of the future delivery model for Grounds Maintenance Services. The outcome of the review will determine whether the service is brought in-house or continues to be externally contracted. As this decision will not be concluded before the current contract expires, a 12-month direct award extension is required to ensure continuity of service and avoid disproportionate operational disruption. The extension will provide sufficient time to complete the review, undertake any required procurement activity, and allow for mobilisation and transition to the future service model. Read full description Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-077fa0-2026-10-02T12:19:57+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-077fa0-2026-10-02T12:19:57+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile The Swaythling Housing Society Ltd (Trading as Abri): past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/the-swaythling-housing-society-ltd-trading-as-abri) ## More tenders like this [Invitation to Tender Window Cleaning Services - Wirral · Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust · 33 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1539a-cf1d-702b-9ffd-93cfa91d3c7c/invitation-to-tender-window-cleaning-services-wirral) [Boiler chemical and Softener Services · Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1539a-d092-736b-88d2-6bdc251cddb6/boiler-chemical-and-softener-services) [Supply of Timberwolf fixed track woodchipper TW 280 FTR and for Williams trailer TT3017 · Natural England · 19 days left · 6 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1539a-d25f-7042-8204-c91978cd4253/supply-of-timberwolf-fixed-track-woodchipper-tw-280-ftr-and-for-williams-trailer) [Home Transition Bed Service - Winter Pressures · North Tyneside Borough Council · 4 days left · 23 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15107-78f4-739e-9d89-50d65f165d99/home-transition-bed-service-winter-pressures) [RRE-01284 - For the provision of a Digitally Enabled Children & Young People's Mental Health Service (South Staffordshire) · Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust · 15 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a150b5-126d-71a0-9217-fa9167c1e352/rre-01284-for-the-provision-of-a-digitally-enabled-children-young-peoples-m) [Gardening and Landscaping Contract · Wickersley Parish Council · 33 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14ee2-22ea-7053-bd7d-4e4c0fa22e9d/gardening-and-landscaping-contract)