Stale Pre-tender

Preliminary Market Engagement - Outdoor Playground Equipment Framework

Details

Value
£3,200,000
Topic
Urban furniture
Published
17 April 2026
Submission
15 May 2026

Tender description

Hull City Council is conducting a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Outdoor Playground Equipment Framework. PME allows local authorities and other contracting authorities in the public sector, to engage with a market. PME is designed to encourage the commercial and voluntary sectors to engage with the development process before a procurement is undertaken. This is the market’s opportunity to express its views, outline market developments and generally influence how solutions to the Authority’s’ needs might be met. PME is not a call for competition. Following PME, the authority may conclude that procurement is not the best solution to meet a particular strategy outcome. It is essential that any organisation participating in the PME understands that a procurement opportunity is not guaranteed. It is therefore essential that organisations understand that this activity does not affect an organisation’s positioning either positively or negatively should a procurement opportunity arise subsequently. The Tender opportunity is anticipated to be published within August 2026. The Tender opportunity will develop a closed framework to run for a period of approximately 4 years. The anticipated value of the Framework is approximately £800,000.00 per annum.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published17 April 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

Kingston upon Hull City Council is the local authority for Hull, and its larger contracts are procured through a Corporate Procurement Team. Tenders above the quotation level are advertised on YORtender, the Yorkshire and Humber e-tendering portal, where registration is free. Higher-value notices go to Find a Tender through the Central Digital Platform, with Contracts Finder used for mid-value contracts. Council rules presume in favour of central purchasing arrangements and frameworks for regular repeat purchases. Procurement Category Managers publish pipeline notices of larger upcoming activity. Supplier support is delivered with YORprocure, YPO and the Government Commercial Agency.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Kingston upon Hull City Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 34928400 · Urban furniture
  • 37535200 · Playground equipment
  • 43325000 · Park and playground equipment
  • 50870000 · Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment

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