Landscaping tenders in Alberta cover turf, horticulture, sports fields, playgrounds, and sometimes snow in bundled RFPs. Municipal parks departments and counties post on APC and local sites. Barriers are often equipment, crew capacity, WCB, and insurance rather than heavy surety — but read each package. Fencing and irrigation may be separate competitions.
What landscaping tenders include
Mowing cycles, planting, playground mulch, sports field maintenance, and capital park builds. Capital work can flip into COR and bonding. Operating RFPs care about schedules and equipment lists.
Bundled snow
Some municipalities combine winter and summer. Only bid the bundle if you can staff both.
Seasonality
Watch spring postings for summer work and summer postings for the next winter if bundled.
Compliance still matters
Incomplete vendor codes, missing WCB, and unsigned addenda disqualify landscapers the same as civil firms. Public sector bidding for small business in Canada is not informal because the job is grass.
Fencing overlap
Municipal fencing contracts are often separate. See the fencing article if that is your trade.
How to find them
APC keywords, city parks procurement pages, and a filtered monitoring digest.