Re-Advertisement: Quotations are hereby invited for the appointment of a service provider to provide gardening services at Durban Offices for a period of three (3) years. Scope of Services: The Service Provider shall provide the following services to Sentech: • Cutting and trimming of overgrown grass along the fence; • Cutting of lawn neat and short during growing period along the storm water channel; • Removal of weeds in the garden and on paving; • Applying fertilizer and mixing of compost and fertilizer once a year; • Weeding the garden beds and spraying on hard surfaces Maintain the garden beds and garden pots; • Till the soil lightly when necessary; • Maintain edged of beds and remove weeds; • Watering of beds and garden pots where irrigation system does not reach Splitting and dividing plants to keep beds full; • Performance of all horticultural functions; • Removal of garden refuse accumulated by the Service Provider; • Sweeping of all hard surfaces, gathering and removal of litter on the hard surfaces and in the garden beds and disposal at the Service Provider"s own disposal site; • Maintaining of the trees, shrubs and prune trees when needed; • Spray pesticides and plant feed when needed; • Plant new plants on request and garden upgrades and the repositioning of plants. • Cut the grass fortnightly during winter and weekly during summer; • Spray herbicide 250mm on either side of the perimeter of the entire security fence • Maintain Sentech"s vacant land 10m strip/fire break all around the 600m perimeter twice a month including the edge trimming, cutting of the vegetation lying against the fence, spread the cutting on the site (avoid stockpiling). The vacant land is to be mannered by a roving team (twice a month) and not the Gardner; • A completion certificate and a report for a month"s work must be signed off by the Service Provider and a Sentech Representative every month-end before the invoice is authorized; • The recommended grass cutting machine is a push on or ride on industrial lawn mower as the trimmers may damage the grass (These should be diesel or petrol powered as Sentech will not provide power to the service provider). Location: Durban Offices, 217 Umhlanga Rocks Drive, Durban, 4001. (Tender №97721631)