Fair and Amusement Park Tenders and Contracts

Fair and amusement park tenders cover rides, roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other fairground amusements, along with the operation and hire of funfairs, Ferris wheels and amusement park attractions for public events.

Stotles brings together fair and amusement park tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Funfairs and observation wheels are usually let by councils as short seasonal concessions, often through a request for proposals on the council's own portal.

Fairground rides must be inspected under the ADIPS scheme and operated in line with HSE guidance, and operators need public liability insurance for events. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar events at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Local councils and other public bodies procure these services for seasonal events, town centre attractions and community events.

Read events calendars, town centre and seasonal event programmes, tourism strategies and expiry dates for existing concession agreements, which show work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the councils behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Fairground notices carry 37535000 (Roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other fairground amusements) and 92330000 (Recreational-area services).