Grounds maintenance tenders in the UK: where to find them

Updated 20 October 2026. Official sources checked 20 October 2026.

Step by step: the free official route

1. Search Find a Tender for open grounds maintenance tenders

   On Find a Tender, use the Opportunities search (upcoming pipelines and active tenders under the Procurement Act 2023) with keywords such as grounds maintenance, grass cutting or landscape maintenance. Each notice lists its CPV classifications, its contract locations and, where the buyer says so, whether it is particularly suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

2. Search by CPV code as well as by keyword

   Buyers tag notices with CPV codes, and Find a Tender's search lets you filter by CPV code and contract location. Grounds maintenance notices commonly carry:

   CPV code	Description
   77310000	Planting and maintenance services of green areas
   77320000	Sports fields maintenance services
   77340000	Tree pruning and hedge trimming

   Keyword searches still matter, because some buyers file grounds work under a broader code.

3. Filter by region: Yorkshire, the North West, the South West and the rest

   Find a Tender notices list contract locations by UK region (for example UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber or UKK - South West (England)), so filter by location rather than relying on the buyer's address. On Contracts Finder, pick a region or a postcode radius from 5 to 50 miles.

4. Add the devolved portals for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

   Lower-value contracts in the devolved nations are on Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales, and eSourcing NI or eTendersNI for Northern Ireland. GOV.UK's Contracts Finder page links to each.

5. Do not skip schools and parish councils

   Smaller buyers use the same portals. An academy advertised a three-year grounds and football pitch contract on Find a Tender in 2026, and in 2025 a parish council published its contract award notice there for a four-year recreation ground maintenance contract worth about £31,000 excluding VAT. Search for the buyer's name, or for parish council plus grounds maintenance.

6. Look ahead to contracts that are about to end

   Most grounds maintenance contracts run for several years and are then re-tendered. Awarded notices show the contract dates and any extension options, and councils in England publish every contract over £5,000 with its start, end and review dates. Our guide how to find out when a council contract ends shows how.

What the free tools do, and what they leave to you

The official portals are free, and with an account you can save searches and get email notifications for new notices. What they do not do is bring the four UK portals together, filter out unrelated notices that share a broad code, or tell you which existing grounds contracts end in the next 6 to 12 months: that still means opening awarded notices one by one.