Gisborne District Council is seeking to fulfil Regional Tairāwhiti Open Space Maintenance and Transfer Station Management Contract(s) - which involves the delivery of parks and open space maintenance services and transfer station maintenance across regional areas within the Tairāwhiti/Gisborne District. The current regional contracts are due to expire in mid-2025 and it is proposed to reduce the nine existing contracts to three fixed term contracts commencing from July 2025. The purpose of this procurement is to select one or multiple contractors to provide the service delivery across three service delivery contracts.

Providing well maintained and cared for parks, gardens and public facilities is important to the residents, businesses and visitors to Tairawhiti/Gisborne District. The key objective of this procurement is to improve service delivery in a cost-effective manner and continue to deliver local services by local service providers (people located at place).