Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bee-8ff1-7008-b992-37f42b27fa9e/grounds-maintenance-framework-agreement-2016 closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Grounds Maintenance Framework Agreement 2016 [Two Castles Housing Association Ltd](https://tendernation.io/buyers/two-castles-housing-association-ltd) Estimated value £700,000 to £2,000,000 Published 9 Dec 2015 Deadline Closed 18 Jan 2016 ## 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. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Two Castles Housing Association Limited, Endeavour Housing Association Limited and Teesdale Housing Association Limited are collaboratively procuring and establishing a grounds maintenance and minor improvements framework agreement for housing schemes in the north east and particularly in the areas of Count Durham, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Washington, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Darlington, Thirsk, Stockton-on-Tees and Gateshead. Additional information: The invitation to tender documents are available free of charge and can be downloaded from the website [twocastles.org.uk](http://www.twocastles.org.uk/) under the section ‘Latest News’ – Procurement Opportunity ## CPV classification Grounds maintenance services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/16cf34ab-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) 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 Two Castles Housing Association Ltd: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/two-castles-housing-association-ltd) [Sector More Agricultural, forestry & horticultural services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/agricultural-forestry-horticultural-services) ## More tenders like this [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) [Grounds maintenance · Cottenham Parish Council · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a149bb-c1bb-71de-9d4c-6f106e58cd55/grounds-maintenance) [Estimation of cumulative spatial restrictions to commercial fishing in Scottish waters · Scottish Government · 15 days left · 2 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14571-3448-737f-9ae6-3dd8b737c303/estimation-of-cumulative-spatial-restrictions-to-commercial-fishing-in-scottish) [Ground Maintenance Services · Falkirk Council · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14427-98e9-72b7-85a7-645fa3935734/ground-maintenance-services) [Molendinar+Reidvale HAs Landscape Maintenance Framework 2027 · Molendinar Park Housing Association Limited · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14427-9907-71f9-872d-656e3a5dce64/molendinarreidvale-has-landscape-maintenance-framework-2027) [Planting and maintenance services of green areas – Rahmenvereinbarung Mäharbeiten Herbst Winter im Bezirk der SM-Burgwedel 2027-2030 · Region Hannover · 32 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1420f-fe3f-71bb-8467-d9d45546db54/germany-planting-and-maintenance-services-of-green-areas-rahmenvereinbarung)