Grounds Maintenance Services

Summary and scope

UPDATE AS AT 5 NOVEMBER 2025 REMINDER - TENDER CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2025 [2.00PM AEDT] Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) serves and protects communities across Melbourne and Victoria’s major regional centres. FRV operates 85 fire stations statewide — 60 in Greater Metropolitan Melbourne and 25 in regional Victoria. Several regional stations are co-located with Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteer brigades, reflecting FRV’s commitment to an integrated and collaborative emergency services model.FRV manages an extensive network of metropolitan and regional fire stations and associated outdoor environments that require reliable, year-round grounds maintenance to ensure safety, presentation, and operational readiness.Through this Request for Tender (RFT), FRV invites suitably qualified and experienced suppliers to submit proposals for the provision of comprehensive Grounds Maintenance Services across Victoria. The successful supplier will partner with FRV to maintain safe, compliant, and well-presented facilities that support the organisation’s critical operational objectives.This RFT aims to establish a single, state-wide contract covering gardening and arboriculture services, ensuring all FRV sites remain safe, compliant, and fit-for-purpose throughout the contract term. BRIEFING: Provision of Grounds Maintenance Services. Location: FRV VEMTC Training Academy, 284-290 Hume Hwy, Craigieburn, VIC, Australia, 3064. Date/Time: 16 October 2025 10:00 am. Notes: We will then travel onto Venue 2: from 11.30pm FRV FS80 Craigieburn - 2 Belsay Place Craigieburn VIC 3064 ( No parking available on site – street parking only). Site visit is mandatory for bid submission. Attendance at the briefing is mandatory for bid submission. Registration closes: 14 October 2025 05:00 pm.