Pre-Market Engagement - Market Stalls for Peterborough

Description

Peterborough City Council require 24 high-quality demountable market stalls for use within Cathedral Square, Peterborough. The stalls will form an important part of the city centre public realm and market offer and must provide an appropriate balance between high-quality contemporary design, sensitivity to the historic setting, operational practicality, public and trader safety, durability, whole-life value, ease of assembly, efficient storage, weather resistance and flexibility for different market and event uses. The Pre-Market Engagement is looking to find answer to the following questions to help guide the Council with the procurement process and the requirements. Please respond to this request via the e-tendering portal ProContract https://procontract.due-north.com (the portal) responses should be in word or PDF and should be attached as your response. 1. The requirement is made up of several different elements • Design • Manufacture • Supply • Usage Guidance • Warranties and after sale/installation care Are you able to deliver the full requirement? If you cannot meet the full requirements, please advise us which elements you can do? 2. If you cannot meet the requirements in full, would you a) prefer to subcontract the parts that you cannot provide? b) Would you prefer the Council to contract those parts separately? c) Other options? (please provide details) 3. Could the Council’s requirements be met with an off the shelf solution? 4. Please provide estimated lead times for each of the elements and include if they would be carried out in-house or an external supplier • Design • Manufacture • Supply • Usage Guidance • Warranties and after sale/installation care 5. Please provide an example of a previous project to include • Successes • Issues • Solutions • Photos of market stalls or links to social media where they are displayed • Lessons learnt No more than 1000 words, approximately 2 sides of A4 (photos excluded from word count) 6. Please detail the lifespan of the market stalls and roughly how many times they can be erected and dismantled? 7. Please detail any alternative solutions that will give PCC the required outcome? No more than 1000 words, approximately 2 sides of A4 8. Please provide what you would expect to see as the contract value? This can be stated as a range and will only be used as guidance for the authority when setting the project budget. Reponses are required to be submitted via the portal by Monday 14th September 2026 at 12:00 (noon). Any clarifications can be sent via the messaging function on the portal; responses will be public unless it is deemed of no benefit to other interested parties. Keywords: Market Stalls, Demountable, Public Realm, Outdoor market, Design, Manufacture