Official UK procurement notice
Exeter play areas capital works programme
Authority: Exeter City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionExeter City Council (ECC) intends to appoint an experienced, specialist play equipment installer for the provision and installation of various items of play equipment and safety surfacing at five Council-owned play areas in Exeter.
Scope to include community engagement, design and installation of new playground equipment; replacing, refurbishing and upgrading play equipment and safety surfacing which have reached end of operational life, in order to improve the safety, play provision, inclusivity and play value of each site.
The successful contractor will be expected to work closely with Exeter City Council to deliver the project.
There is an anticipated maximum budget for this opportunity of £540K (inc. VAT) to deliver all works within the final specification
CPV: Landscaping work for playgrounds · Park and playground equipment · Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedPublished value£540,000
- Technical & professional ability
Suppliers must be able to evidence they have experience of previous works to install play equipment in accordance with the requirement of BSEN1176 and BSEN1177.
All equipment installed must installed must comply with relevant standards which will be detailed in the tender documents.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- Technical & professional ability
Suppliers must be able to evidence they have experience of previous works to install play equipment in accordance with the requirement of BSEN1176 and BSEN1177.
All equipment installed must installed must comply with relevant standards which will be detailed in the tender documents.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 1 Aug 2025, 15:44 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Aug 2025, 15:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
PR182025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045333- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056b92Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
1 Aug 2025 → 13 Feb 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published1 Aug 2025, 15:44 BST
- Tender notice expected390 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline290 days ago9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts256 days ago13 Feb 2026
- Award decision expected by255 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published1 Aug 2025, 15:44 BSTUK3
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender