Official UK procurement notice
Construction of Revoe Community Sports Facilities Development
Authority: BLACKPOOL COUNCIL (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBlackpool Council is looking to appoint a Supplier for the delivery of 2 x 7-a-side 3G Football Pitches, 1 x Multi Use Games Area, 2 x Padel Courts and associated landscaping. The site is adjacent to Blackpool Football Club, off Seasiders Way, Blackpool. The scheme is at RIBA Stage 3, and Blackpool Council will engage a Lead Consultant who will continue to be employed by Blackpool Council throughout the duration of the works through to completion. A planning application was submitted in April 2026, and a decision is due to be confirmed at the beginning of September 2026. The Contracting Authority wishes to appoint a Supplier who can clearly demonstrate the ability to meet our requirements and who offers the most advantageous tender.
Stage 1 - Request to Participate (RtP)
The first stage of this Procurement Procedure requires that you complete a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). The PSQ is designed to capture core information and provide the Contracting Authority with sufficient information to select (short-list) a suitable number of capable Suppliers who will be invited to proceed to the next stage of the Procurement Procedure.
Only Requests to Participate which satisfy all conditions of participation will be eligible for consideration to be invited to the next stage of the Procurement Procedure.
In line with Regulation 85 subsection 3 of the Procurement Act 2023 this below threshold works tender is being conducted under a two-stage process.
CPV: Construction work for sports facilities · Construction work of leisure facilities · Multi-purpose sports facilities construction work
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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).
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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).
Lot awarding rule: All responses received to this Request to Participate via The Chest by the deadline will be assessed, scored and ranked using the criteria detailed in document 1. Stage 1 Request to Participate. Subject to passing the mandatory / discretionary exclusion elements your responses to the specific questions relating to Conditions of Participation at Part 3 of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire will be evaluated in line with the scoring criteria set out. Only Requests to Participate which satisfy all conditions of participation will be eligible for consideration to be invited to the next stage of the Procurement Procedure. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to disregard any Request to Participate from the process where they or any associated person or any sub-contractor relied upon to satisfy any conditions of participation is deemed to be excluded or excludable. Any Supplier deemed to be excluded or excludable may not be invited to participate any further in the Procurement Procedure. Only Requests to Participate scoring 60% or above for the scored questions and ranked within the highest 5 scoring Suppliers will be invited to submit a Tender. In the event that the 5th highest ranking score is held by more than one supplier, each of the suppliers with that score will be invited to submit a tender. If, at the end of the Request to Participate Stage but before the commencement of the Tender stage, any of the 5 highest scoring suppliers chooses to withdraw from the process, then the next highest scoring supplier outside of the original 5 highest scoring suppliers will be invited to submit a tender (e.g. if 2 suppliers choose to withdraw, the 6th and 7th place suppliers will be invited to submit a tender). Where Requests to Participate may fall below any set minimum threshold, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to invite Suppliers to the Tender stage where it is deemed necessary in order to maintain a competitive process. Suppliers will only be invited to Tender where they meet all mandatory requirements and conditions of participation.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 29 May 2026, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Aug 2026, 16:33 BST
- Authority reference
DN826703- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080543- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a8baFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
29 May 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published146 days ago29 May 2026, 12:05 BST
- Market engagement138 days ago5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Full details of early engagement process can be found via the procurement portal the Chest:
Reference DN816476
This Expression of Interest ('EoI') seeks to provide information on Blackpool Council's plans to construct Community Sports Facilities in the Revoe area of the town.
Please note that this is not a tender exercise and participation (or non-participation) in this market sounding and dialogue will convey no advantage or disadvantage should Blackpool Council commence to a formal procurement process.
- Next notice expected81 days ago1 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published58 days ago24 Aug 2026, 16:33 BST
- Clarification questions by51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline45 days ago7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 10 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 May 2026, 12:05 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published24 Aug 2026, 16:33 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £4,000,00024 Aug 2026, 16:33 BST
- Status changed to active24 Aug 2026, 16:33 BST
- Procurement method changed24 Aug 2026, 16:33 BST
- Deadline published: 7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST24 Aug 2026, 16:33 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender