Find a TenderAwardedContract award notice
Published 24 Jun 2025, 09:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Design and Build of Replacement Play Equipment and Additional Works, St Martin's Play Area

Official notice

Authority: Cranbrook Town Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£160,000£160,000 inc. VAT17% above published estimate
Submissions closed 21 Aug 2025awarded 22 Sept 2025
Awarded to Wicksteed Leisure Ltd
Contract term 3 moends 31 Dec 2025 · starts 24 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Design and Build of Replacement Play Equipment and Additional Works at the St Martin's Play Area in Cranbrook

CPV: Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) · Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 moSMEVCSEPublished value£160,000
Contract period: 24 Sept 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 (3 mo)Value: £160,000 exc. VAT · £160,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

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: Please refer to Section 9 (pp. 6-7) in the invitation to tender document ("Evaluation Criteria") which sets out the evaluation criteria and their weightings in detail.

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
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
24 Jun 2025, 09:45 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2025, 10:21 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034589
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)Construction work
Delivery area
South West (UKK43)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05523c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
21 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
19 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Electronic submissions should be sent to [email protected]

www.cranbrooktowncouncil.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

24 Jun 2025 → 2 Oct 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    24 Jun 2025, 09:45 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    19 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    21 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts394 days ago
    24 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published385 days ago
    2 Oct 2025, 10:21 BST

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jun 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    24 Jun 2025, 09:45 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    14 Jul 2025, 14:54 BST
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 21 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    14 Jul 2025, 14:54 BST
    +11 days · was 10 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published
    24 Jul 2025, 08:41 BST
    UK4
  5. Contract award notice published
    2 Oct 2025, 10:21 BST
    UK6
  6. Status changed to complete
    2 Oct 2025, 10:21 BST
  7. Contract signature expected
    14 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-06: 1 release · 24 Jun 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £156,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Wicksteed Leisure LtdSME3 Nov 2025 – 31 Jan 2026£156,00022 Sept 2025Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders30—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cranbrook Town Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPJL-9849-MLBG Younghayes Centre, 169 Younghayes Road, Cranbrook, South West, EX5 7DRContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • WICKSTEED LEISURE LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00603152GB-PPON: PDWX-4294-HVBN Digby Street, Kettering, East Midlands, NN16 8YJContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender