Public Sector
Grounds and tree care for councils, police estates, and housing providers. We deliver for Gloucestershire Police and Stroud District Council, with the compliance, reporting, and reliability that public money rightly demands.
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Property managers don’t really buy grounds maintenance, they buy the absence of problems: no overgrown sites generating leaseholder complaints, no tree failures generating claims, no juggling five contractors across a portfolio, and no invoices that won’t reconcile against service charge budgets. Silver Tree Services works for managing agents including Savills, maintaining grounds and trees across managed residential blocks, commercial premises, and mixed portfolios in Gloucestershire and beyond.
Who we work with
- District, town, and parish councils, parks, open spaces, cemeteries, play areas, and civic grounds
- Police and blue-light estates, operational sites maintained around shift patterns and security requirements
- Housing providers and ALMOs, estate grounds where residents judge their landlord by the state of the green spaces
- Education and public buildings, maintained around term times, safeguarding requirements, and public access
What public sector clients contract
- Planned grounds maintenance, scheduled mowing, beds, hedges, hard areas, and litter-adjacent upkeep on published frequencies residents can see being met
- Tree stock management, surveys, risk-prioritised works programmes, and the inspection records that defend authorities against claims
- Reactive and storm response, with response times agreed in the contract, not improvised after the event
- Seasonal programmes, leaf clearance, bedding changes, and the works calendar that keeps public space presentable year round
Our grounds maintenance, commercial tree surgery, and tree survey teams deliver under one contract where authorities want consolidated provision.
Procurement, compliance, and social value
Silver Tree Services holds ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification, SMAS SSIP accreditation, ARB Approved Contractor status, and public and employers’ liability insurance, with NPTC-certificated operators and RAMS for every site. We respond to tenders, frameworks, and quotation exercises with the documentation evaluators expect, and as a Gloucestershire employer of 30+ local staff with our own training arm, the social value story is real: local jobs, local training, local supply chains, and green waste recycled through our ISO 14001 closed-loop operation rather than hauled to landfill.
Areas we cover
Public sector contracts across Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Cirencester, and the Cotswolds, with multi-county portfolios considered where the sites justify the coverage.
Why choose Silver Tree Services
Silver Tree Services has traded for over 20 years from Shurdington, Cheltenham, with 30+ qualified staff across seven specialist teams, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification, ARB Approved Contractor status, and SMAS SSIP accreditation. Crews are NPTC-certificated with IPAF and CSCS where work requires it, RAMS are produced per site, DBS-checked operatives are available for sensitive settings, and public and employers’ liability insurance covers every job. The client list, NHS, Gloucestershire Police, Stroud District Council, Savills, the Church of England, is the vetting evidence.
Frequently Asked Questions About Public Sector Grounds Maintenance
Do you have experience with public sector contracts?
Yes. Silver Tree Services delivers grounds maintenance and tree care for Gloucestershire Police and Stroud District Council, alongside its NHS work, so the business is experienced with public procurement, KPI reporting, contract monitoring meetings, and the audit standards public contracts carry. That track record, backed by ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and SMAS SSIP accreditation, is usually the evidence evaluators are looking for first.
Can you respond to tenders and framework opportunities?
Yes. Silver Tree Services responds to open tenders, framework call-offs, mini-competitions, and quotation exercises, and maintains the standing documentation, accreditations, insurances, RAMS libraries, policies, and method statements, that procurement portals require. For authorities testing the market informally before tendering, we’re happy to provide budget pricing and capability information that helps specifications get written realistically in the first place.
How do you support social value requirements?
With substance rather than a paragraph. Silver Tree Services employs 30+ staff locally from its Shurdington base near Cheltenham, trains through its own training arm including NPTC arboriculture qualifications, buys through Gloucestershire supply chains, and recycles green waste through its ISO 14001 closed-loop operation into biomass fuel and woodchip. For social value scoring, that’s local employment, skills development, and environmental benefit that can be evidenced, not promised.
Can you manage a council's tree stock?
Yes. Silver Tree Services surveys tree stock, builds risk-prioritised works programmes, and delivers the works with NPTC-certificated teams, giving authorities the inspection and works records that demonstrate duty of care under the Occupiers’ Liability Acts. For councils, that evidence trail is the difference between a defensible position and a difficult one when a tree-related claim arrives. Storm response sits alongside the planned programme with agreed callout arrangements.
How do you keep residents and members happy on visible contracts?
By doing the visible things visibly well. Published frequencies get met, crews are uniformed and identifiable, sites are left tidy the same day, and issues residents raise get logged and closed rather than lost. Silver Tree Services’ supervisors attend contract meetings with straightforward reporting, and our experience on Stroud District Council and Gloucestershire Police contracts means we understand that on public work, every cut verge has an audience.
Are you accredited for public sector work?
Silver Tree Services holds ISO 9001 quality management and ISO 14001 environmental management certification, SMAS SSIP health and safety accreditation, ARB Approved Contractor status, NPTC certificates of competence across its operational teams, and public and employers’ liability insurance. RAMS are produced for every site and DBS-checked operatives are available where settings require them. It’s the accreditation set public sector pre-qualification questionnaires screen for.
Ready When You Are
Public space,
properly kept.
Tell us what’s coming up for tender or where current provision is falling short, and we’ll respond with capability evidence and realistic pricing
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