What does a typical park tender cover?

Most park tenders are capital works rather than upkeep: replacing worn play equipment, resurfacing a playground with wetpour safety surfacing, building or refurbishing a skate park or pump track, or a wider park regeneration scheme covering paths, planting and public realm. Contracts usually run to a single site rather than a borough-wide term agreement, and several are call-offs under a playground-equipment framework such as ESPO 115_25.

Who buys park playground and skate park contracts?

Borough, district, town and parish councils issue the large majority of notices, since parks and playgrounds usually sit with the local authority or the parish. Some larger regeneration schemes are led by a county council or a combined authority, and a few carry National Lottery Heritage Fund grant funding alongside the council's own capital budget.

What CPV codes cover park procurement?

Park notices carry 37535200 (Playground equipment) and 43325000 (Park and playground equipment).

Are park tenders run through frameworks?

Some are. Councils frequently call off new play equipment and playground refurbishment work under multi-supplier frameworks such as ESPO's playground equipment framework (115_25), rather than running a standalone tender for every site. Skate parks and larger regeneration schemes are more often tendered as standalone design-and-build contracts.

How do I find park contracts before they are formally tendered?

Read environment and open space strategies, grounds and highways maintenance plans, capital schemes and expiry dates for existing contracts, which show park work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Park Contracts and Tenders

See open park tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.

Park procurement covers play area refurbishment and new playgrounds, including equipment, wetpour surfacing and inclusive play. Skate parks, pump tracks and multi-use games areas are bought alongside park regeneration schemes covering paths, planting and public realm, and inspection, repair and maintenance of play equipment.

Park work is mostly bought site by site, often as a further competition under a framework such as ESPO's, though some councils and Scotland Excel let their own for supply and upkeep. Parish and town councils, district, borough and county councils and Irish local authorities are the main buyers, and housing associations buy inspections and replacements for estate play areas.

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Awarded contractPublished 27 November 2017
Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment
North Yorkshire CouncilRepair and maintenance work in connection with sports facilities
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 12 January 2018Published 27 November 2017
Playground equipment
Belfast City CouncilPlayground equipment
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 26 January 2018Published 21 November 2017
Playground equipment
Forestry CommissionPlayground equipment
£750,000
Closed tender, closed 29 November 2017Published 15 November 2017
MUGA
Great Gransden Public Recreation GroundSports goods and equipment
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 15 December 2017Published 13 November 2017
Grounds maintenance services
Caerphilly County Borough CouncilHedge trimming
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 5 December 2017Published 13 November 2017
MULTI USE GAMES AREA (MUGA) FLOODLIGHTING DERRYGONNELLY 1718 TNDR EP 040
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 1 December 2017Published 10 November 2017
Arun District Council - Hotham Park, West Park and Southfields Play Area Refurbishments
SE Shared ServicesFlatwork for children's play area
£97,500
Expired contract, expired 9 February 2018Published 9 November 2017
Design, supply and installation of Acacia Walk & Vale Crescent Play Areas, Knottingley
Wakefield CouncilSupplier(s) WICKSTEED LEISURE LIMITEDPlayground equipmentAwarded 17 October 2017
£43,500
Expired contract, expired 31 October 2017Published 6 November 2017
Consultancy services for Abbotsfield School
London Borough of HillingdonSupplier(s) SCP LtdTransport systems consultancy servicesAwarded 30 March 2017
£5,000
Expired contract, expired 5 July 2017Published 6 November 2017
Greenwood Park Play Area refurbishment
City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilSupplier(s) WICKSTEED LEISURE LIMITEDPlayground equipmentAwarded 6 November 2017
£60,000
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Closed tender, closed 1 December 2017Published 3 November 2017
Arun District Council - Hampshire Avenue Recreation Ground Play Area Refurbishment and Landscaping Improvements
SE Shared ServicesFlatwork for children's play area
£103,000
Closed tender, closed 30 November 2017Published 30 October 2017
TENDER FOR THE REFURBISHMENT OF STOCKWELL SKATE PARK
Lambeth London Borough CouncilConstruction work
£215,000
Closed tender, closed 15 November 2017Published 25 October 2017
Milton Keynes Council- Install and Supply of Play Equipment in Bancroft
LGSSPlayground equipment
£89,802
Expired contract, expired 15 November 2017Published 24 October 2017
Supply of Playground Equipment
Fawley Parish CouncilSupplier(s) Compan LtdPlayground equipmentAwarded 24 October 2017
£27,000
Closed tender, closed 31 October 2017Published 24 October 2017
Collingham Skate Park
Collingham Parish CouncilRecreational, cultural and sporting services
£90,000
Expired contract, expired 16 October 2019Published 23 October 2017
Contract awarded- under ESPO Framework Agreement 115 Outdoor Playground Equipment- Further Competition Process
Great Alne Parish CouncilSupplier(s) Kompan LtdPlayground equipmentAwarded 16 October 2017
£34,500
Closed tender, closed 14 November 2017Published 20 October 2017
DBC (AL) Play Area Refurbishments 2017/18
any of the projects listed on the portalPark and playground equipment
£279,000
Closed tender, closed 12 November 2017Published 18 October 2017
Milton Keynes Council - Play Equipment Supply and Installation in Monkston
LGSSPark and playground equipment
£43,895
Closed tender, closed 14 November 2017Published 17 October 2017
Park and playground equipment
Dacorum Borough CouncilLandscaping work for playgrounds
£279,000
Expired contract, expired 23 January 2019Published 16 October 2017
Central Park Phase 1
Plymouth City CouncilSupplier(s) LDA Design Consulting LtdUrban planning and landscape architectural servicesAwarded 28 July 2017
£93,000

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about park playground, play area refurbishment, skate park, park regeneration, playground equipment, multi-use games area in the UK public sector.

What does a typical park tender cover?
Most park tenders are capital works rather than upkeep: replacing worn play equipment, resurfacing a playground with wetpour safety surfacing, building or refurbishing a skate park or pump track, or a wider park regeneration scheme covering paths, planting and public realm. Contracts usually run to a single site rather than a borough-wide term agreement, and several are call-offs under a playground-equipment framework such as ESPO 115_25.
Who buys park playground and skate park contracts?
Borough, district, town and parish councils issue the large majority of notices, since parks and playgrounds usually sit with the local authority or the parish. Some larger regeneration schemes are led by a county council or a combined authority, and a few carry National Lottery Heritage Fund grant funding alongside the council's own capital budget.
What CPV codes cover park procurement?
Park notices carry 37535200 (Playground equipment) and 43325000 (Park and playground equipment).
Are park tenders run through frameworks?
Some are. Councils frequently call off new play equipment and playground refurbishment work under multi-supplier frameworks such as ESPO's playground equipment framework (115_25), rather than running a standalone tender for every site. Skate parks and larger regeneration schemes are more often tendered as standalone design-and-build contracts.
How do I find park contracts before they are formally tendered?
Read environment and open space strategies, grounds and highways maintenance plans, capital schemes and expiry dates for existing contracts, which show park work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

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Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment

Playground equipment

Playground equipment

MUGA

Grounds maintenance services

MULTI USE GAMES AREA (MUGA) FLOODLIGHTING DERRYGONNELLY 1718 TNDR EP 040

Arun District Council - Hotham Park, West Park and Southfields Play Area Refurbishments

Design, supply and installation of Acacia Walk & Vale Crescent Play Areas, Knottingley

Consultancy services for Abbotsfield School

Greenwood Park Play Area refurbishment

Arun District Council - Hampshire Avenue Recreation Ground Play Area Refurbishment and Landscaping Improvements

TENDER FOR THE REFURBISHMENT OF STOCKWELL SKATE PARK

Milton Keynes Council- Install and Supply of Play Equipment in Bancroft

Supply of Playground Equipment

Collingham Skate Park

Contract awarded- under ESPO Framework Agreement 115 Outdoor Playground Equipment- Further Competition Process

DBC (AL) Play Area Refurbishments 2017/18

Milton Keynes Council - Play Equipment Supply and Installation in Monkston

Park and playground equipment

Central Park Phase 1

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