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High Speed Two (HS2) Limited · Local or regional public body

In brief

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited has announced plans to buy grounds maintenance and security work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £1,034,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 121 months, starting 15 December 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Usually high: a median of 6 bids per contract for grounds maintenance contracts across the UK (from 670 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

HS2 is Britain’s new high-speed railway connecting London and Birmingham. Our British-built trains will create capacity, or space, on the congested network, providing faster, zero carbon journeys between our two largest cities. Services will continue to Manchester, the North West and Scotland using the conventional railway network, cutting journey times. Due to the potential changes in HS2 Ltd.’s Delivery Strategy resulting from the HS2 Reset, HS2 Ltd has identified a need for capabilities to undertake routine repairs, maintenance and safeguarding of assets which it owns or for which it has responsibility. To develop this capability, it is HS2 Ltd.’s current intention to procure Interim…Read the full description
HS2 is Britain’s new high-speed railway connecting London and Birmingham. Our British-built trains will create capacity, or space, on the congested network, providing faster, zero carbon journeys between our two largest cities. Services will continue to Manchester, the North West and Scotland using the conventional railway network, cutting journey times. Due to the potential changes in HS2 Ltd.’s Delivery Strategy resulting from the HS2 Reset, HS2 Ltd has identified a need for capabilities to undertake routine repairs, maintenance and safeguarding of assets which it owns or for which it has responsibility. To develop this capability, it is HS2 Ltd.’s current intention to procure Interim Maintenance Contracts (IMCs) to undertake Care & Custody and Infrastructure Safeguarding of assets that have been completed by the current Main Works Civils Contracts (MWCC) and prior to the High-Speed Rail Systems (HSRS) contractors mobilising. The scope may also include optional non-core instructed elements of landscape design, planted plot creation works and localised civils construction works. The core scope of services has been categorised as Asset Specific Care & Custody and Infrastructure Safeguarding. These include the following scope areas: Asset Specific Care and Custody •Land Management •Environmental and Landscape Infrastructure Maintenance •Temporary Facilities Maintenance and Management •Civil Engineering Infrastructure Maintenance Infrastructure Safeguarding •Security Services •Principal Contractor (PC) Duties •Professional Services (Subject to additional instruction) •Lead Contractor Duties (relates to the role defined in the HS2 Code of Construction Practice, required alongside the CDM PC responsibilities) Optional Non-Core Services •Landscape design and planted plot creation •Civils construction

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 048947-2026
  2. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 048989-2026
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 049785-2026
  4. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 051542-2026

About the buyer

  1. Extra Care Housing Development - Edinburgh House

    Portsmouth City CouncilSouth EastConstruction, Grounds maintenance and landscaping

    Closing soon1 hour leftExpress interestSuitable for SMEs

    £280mestimated
  2. Capital Playground Scheme - Herne Bay

    Canterbury City CouncilSouth EastGrounds maintenance and landscaping, Construction

    Closing soon1 hour leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £225kestimated
  3. TWBC - Hawkenbury Recreation Ground

    Tunbridge Wells Borough CouncilSouth EastGrounds maintenance and landscaping, Construction

    Closing soon1 hour leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £300kestimated
  4. DPS1 1427 - Tenancy Tree Work

    London Borough of HaringeyLondonArchitecture and engineering, Grounds maintenance and landscaping

    Closing soon2 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £90kestimated
  5. Molendinar+Reidvale HAs Landscape Maintenance Framework 2027

    Molendinar Park Housing Association LimitedScotlandGrounds maintenance and landscaping, Construction

    Closing soon2 days leftFramework

    Value not stated

From notice 048947-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 26 May 2026, last updated 1 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.