Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice
Published 6 May 2025, 09:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

QQ25/002 Design, Installation & Maintenance of a Play Area at Hamble

Official notice

Authority: Tamworth Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: Recreational, cultural and sporting services (92) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£35,000£42,000 inc. VAT25% above final estimate
Submissions closed 3 Jun 2025awarded 20 Jun 2025
Awarded to Wicksteed Leisure Ltd
Contract term 2 moends 9 Aug 2025 · up to 23 Aug 2025 with extensions · starts 16 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tamworth Borough Council is seeking to appoint a Contractor with reputable knowledge and experience of design, installation and maintenance of playground equipment. The Contractor will carry out a full removal and replacement of the existing equipment, create a new play area and cover with a suitable safe surface and give clear, full guarantees for the new safety surface and the new play equipment. The play area location is Hamble, Belgrave, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 2JE

CPV: Recreational, cultural and sporting services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 moPublished value£35,000
Contract period: 16 Jun 2025 – 9 Aug 2025 (2 mo) · up to 23 Aug 2025 with extensionsValue: £35,000 exc. VAT · £42,000 inc. VAT
Extensions: Two further weeks is allowed for any delivery or installation delays

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: The Award criteria is broken down into 4 Quality Questions totalling 95% of the marks and one Social Value Question which is worth 5% of the overall marks. Each question will have a percentage weighting and be marked using our 0-5 scoring matrix.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 May 2025, 09:16 BST
Last source update
6 Aug 2025, 14:32 BST
Authority reference
QQ25/002
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018967
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Recreational, cultural and sporting services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050ccf Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
3 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Quotations MUST be made in either pdf format or in a format which is compatible with Office 365 and documents submitted electronically via the in-tend portal at in-tendhost.co.uk/tamworthbc ↗

Timeline

6 May 2025 → 6 Aug 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    6 May 2025, 09:16 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    3 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    16 Jun 2025
  4. Latest notice published
    6 Aug 2025, 14:32 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 May 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    6 May 2025, 09:16 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    6 Aug 2025, 14:32 BST
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    6 Aug 2025, 14:32 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £43,7501 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Wicksteed Leisure LtdSME£43,750 inc. VAT †—Awarded

Contracts

  • QQ25/002 Design, Installation & Maintenance of Play Area at Hamble · Wicksteed Leisure LtdSME

    Signed
    20 Jun 2025
    Value
    £43,750 inc. VAT
    Period
    7 Jul 2025 – 29 Aug 2025
    Status
    active
    1 agreed KPI: Site Visits
    • Site Visits

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Tamworth Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTDD-5754-QXLV Marmion House, Lichfield Street, Tamworth, West Midlands, B79 7BZContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Wicksteed Leisure LtdAwarded supplier Kettering, Northamptonshire, East Midlands, NN16 8YJContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender