RBK Greenspace Services

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 will be 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.