# Provision of Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Services

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency](/buyers/dvla-driver-vehicle-licensing-agency/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Countrywide Grounds Maintenance Limited](/suppliers/countrywide-grounds-maintenance/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £738,795
- Tender value: £738,795
- Award date: 26 November 2024
- Published: 27 March 2025
- Contract start: 1 April 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 71701c0b-e1e8-42e5-861e-0c49e894ed85-836727
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6680d3eb-3b56-47a4-a418-0de40178beee

## Description

The Buyer is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport \(DfT\), based in Swansea\. The Buyer's primary aims are to facilitate road safety and general law enforcement by maintaining accurate registers of drivers and vehicle keepers and to collect Vehicle Excise Duty \(VED\)\. In March 2005 the Buyer entered a 20-year PFI Contract for the refurbishment of the estate and the provision of facilities management \("FM"\) services\. The overarching PFI agreement will expire on 31st March 2025\. The Buyer requires a Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Service provider from the point of exit commencing 1st April 2025 across the Buyer's Swansea estate, comprising of Morriston, Swansea Vale and Ty Felin and Ty Forest in Fforestfach\. The Buyer requires bidders to provide innovative proposals in response to this Specification to assist the Buyer's strategy of providing modern services across all their services\. The Buyer requires a Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Service provider to provide a service 24/7, 365 days a year, for an initial 3-year Contract term with the option to extend on a \+1-year, \+1-year basis, as detailed within the requirement in Section 6\. The services listed within this section, outline the innovative, proactive, and preventative measures expected\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/71701c0b-e1e8-42e5-861e-0c49e894ed85-836727)