Fusion21 grounds maintenance framework: procurement notes for asset managers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Bids are open for Fusion21’s fourth national grounds maintenance framework, valued at up to £85m over four years and covering hard and soft landscaping, including tree works, hedge and shrub management, cleaning and waste handling for public sector estates. The framework, confirmed as compliant with the Procurement Act 2023, offers flexible call-off options such as direct award, which may streamline contracting for local authorities, housing providers and NHS trusts managing large external assets. Submissions close at 12:00 on Wednesday 4 March 2026 via fusion21.co.uk/tenders.
Technical Brief
- Open to both regional and national suppliers, enabling tiered delivery models across dispersed public estates.
- Scope explicitly spans routine and seasonal tasks, requiring capacity planning for variable, weather-dependent workloads.
- Inclusion of tree works, hedges and shrubs implies arboricultural competence and safe work at height capability.
- Cleaning and waste management in scope necessitates integration with on-site segregation, storage and licensed disposal chains.
- Framework structure is suited to bundling hard/soft landscaping with estate safety risk controls (trip hazards, sightlines, drainage).
Our Take
Within the 524 Infrastructure stories in our coverage, UK-wide frameworks of this £80m-plus scale tend to attract both national FM providers and regional SMEs, so Fusion21’s grounds maintenance lotting and qualification criteria will strongly influence how much work filters down the supply chain.
A four‑year framework in the United Kingdom for grounds maintenance is long enough for bidders to justify investment in mechanised and data‑enabled asset management (e.g. route optimisation, digital condition logging), which has been a recurring theme in other Projects and Contract Award pieces in our database.
With a fixed submission deadline at 12 noon on 4 March 2026, bidders will likely need to align this opportunity with pipeline decisions on other public‑sector FM frameworks, as our wider infrastructure coverage shows increasing overlap in timing between housing, education and local‑authority maintenance procurements.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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