Oaklee Homes Group will act as purchasing body and wishes to procure a Grounds Maintenance contract on behalf of the following Member Housing Associations (and their statutory successors and organisations created as a result of re-organisation or organisational changes);

— Oaklee Homes Group

— Trinity Housing Association (Starting 2015)

The duration of the contract is 7 years.

The main areas of services required are, periodic and routine grounds maintenance (including horticultural and tree works) and cleaning of external communal paths.

The Economic Operator will be required to provide the service to the Member Housing Associations throughout the year.

The Service includes the following:

Grounds Maintenance:

— Grass Cutting;

— maintenance of planted areas;

— hedge cutting;

— horticultural works;

— maintenance of void and old age pensioner gardens;

— maintenance of trees; and

— Tree surgery

Estate Services:

— litter picking and weeding;

— cleaning and clearance;

— bin and refuse stores;

— hard landscaping; and

— snow clearing/spreading salt

The Contracting Authoritys requirement is split into three (3) regional Lots as follows:

Lot 1 Region 1 for properties in Central Belfast, East Belfast, South Belfast, Newry, Portadown, Downpatrick, Portaferry, Bangor, Rathfriland, Newcastle

Lot 2 Region 2 for properties in Central Belfast, West Belfast, North Belfast, Lisburn, Cushendall, Carnlough, Dunloy, Kilrea, Portglenone, Toomebridge, Ballymena, Larne, Newtownabbey

Lot 3 Region 3 for properties in Ballycastle, Limavady, Derry, Strabane, Coleraine, Magherafelt, Cookstown, Ballymoney, Castlederg

Lot 4 Region 4 for properties in Lot 4 Region 4 for properties in Dungannon, Armagh, Lisnaskea, Rosslea, Fermanagh, Omagh, Newtownstewart, Belleek .