Weed Control Contract

Cardiff Council

Key dates and value

Status: Open
Submission deadline: 14 Oct 2026
Published: 29 Sept 2026
Estimated value: £1.2m
Location: Wales

Overview

Pre-Market Engagement Weed Control Contract The services required under this contract involve the successful contractor to undertake application of a range of pesticides and fertilisers and hand weeding across arrange of publicly accessible spaces located the city and county of Cardiff, the area of work covers the city’s 500 parks, over 300 housing estates, 2000km highway pavements but also includes special sites such as Cardiff Bay, cemeteries, Cardiff Castle and public rights of way. The aim of the contract is to manage weed growth to the required standards on a variety of hard surfaces, planted areas, walls, sport surfaces (natural and artificial), and control the spread of noxious weeds (such as Japanese Knotweed). Further to this there may be additional work added to include maintenance of Sustainable Drainage features and Green Roofs. These services must be delivered in accordance with the Government’s National Action Plan (NAP) so the contractor will be required to utilise the latest pesticide application technology to ensure that they comply with this and minimise the quantity of pesticides used to deliver the standards of control specified. Under this contract Cardiff Council will also require the contractor to reduce the volume of pesticide being used year on year over the period of the contract. The client will work with the contractor to help achieve this by increasing use of hand weeding, sweeping and mulching over the contract period. The successful contractor will be required to hold several of the following independently awarded industry specific quality certificates and schemes before they can tender – Amenity Assured Certificate BASIS qualification BASIS Advanced Contract certification Amenity Assured Certification Either ISO 14001 or BS9002 Or European equivalent certifications. The contractor will be supplied with digital plans of the areas of work which will be provided as either .shp or .pdf and the contractor will be required to employ a digit

CPV codes

77000000 Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

About the buyer

Cardiff Council has published 71 tender notices since 7 Oct 2023, with a combined advertised value of £1.5bn. 25 of them are currently open.

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