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Parish, town and borough councils, schools and NHS trusts tender grass cutting, grounds and tree work every week. The notices are scattered across portals, deadlines are short, and the paperwork asks for RAMS, method statements, insurance certificates and a full pricing schedule before anyone looks at your price. Brieflane checks the official portals and emails the ones that fit your trade and region, free, every Monday at 7am.

Sound familiar?

"Tenders that do not meet these requirements will be rejected and will not be assessed further." (council invitation to tender, Find a Tender attachment A-9513)
"Failure to complete this Pricing Schedule may result in the tender being rejected." (same document)
"£5m PL as a minimum" (contractor on the Landscape Juice Network forum, describing a buyer's insurance demand)
"District councils ... are so large and bureaucratic that it is becomes very difficult to get anywhere with them" (contractor, Landscape Juice Network forum)

Most of these contracts are not decided on price alone. Recent grounds tenders weight quality at 40% to 60% (Find a Tender attachment A-9513; Rushden Town Council grounds tender 2026). A good method statement wins more than a discount.

Published on Contracts Finder, 5 to 13 Oct 2026

Grounds Maintenance including Sports Pitches, Hythe Town Council, £57,000, closes 31 Dec 2026
Grounds Maintenance, Hythe Town Council, £32,388, closes 31 Dec 2026
Tree Work and Highway Tree Works (6 call offs under its DPS), London Borough of Haringey, £90,000 each as published, closing 24 Oct to 1 Nov 2026
2G, 3G and Polymeric Sports Surface Assessment, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, £120,000, closes 23 Oct 2026

Values and dates as published on Contracts Finder. Always read the official notice.

How it works

Tell us your trade and where you work.
Every Monday at 7am we email the new tenders that match, with value, buyer, deadline and a link to the official notice.
Pick the ones worth chasing. Want help writing the bid? We do that too.

Free vs Premium

	Free	Premium Founding member: £29 a month No payment now. Price held while you stay subscribed.
Matching tenders by trade and region	Yes	Yes
Delivery	Weekly, Monday 7am	Daily, within 24 hours of publication
Detail	Title, buyer, value, deadline, link	Plain English summary, bid or no bid call, submission checklist, key dates
Regions	1	Up to 5
Contract award alerts	No	Yes
Renewal radar (contracts ending in 12 months)	No	Yes
Cost	£0	£29 a month founding price, cancel any time

Found one worth winning? We will write the bid.

Small firms lose council work on paperwork, not on quality. We write your tender response: method statement, social value, quality questions and pricing schedule format. You check it, sign it and submit it.

You pay a fixed fee per bid from £250 to £500 depending on size, credited in full against a capped success fee of 3 to 5% of the first year's contract value if you win. The success fee is only due once the contract is awarded to you.

We do not guarantee any outcome. You remain responsible for everything submitted. Some buyers ask bidders to declare use of AI tools; we will tell you when a tender does and help you answer it truthfully.

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Questions

Is it really free? Yes. The weekly alert is free for as long as we run it.

Where does the data come from? Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Do you cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? We start with England via Contracts Finder plus UK wide notices on Find a Tender. Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales are planned.

Can I stop the emails? Yes, every email has a one click unsubscribe.