Official UK procurement notice
Ice-Cream Concession (Non-Static) at Haigh Woodland Park 2026 - 2028 (2029)
Authority: Wigan Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWigan Council requires the provision of ice-cream services to visitors to Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan. This is by way of mobile ice cream unit(s) (non-static) owned and funded at the Operator’s expense (the Concession).
Wigan Council proposes to offer a concession contract for an initial period of 2 years, with a possible further extension of 12 months.
Interested bidders should refer to the Specification document as part of the tender pack which contains the scope of requirements for this concession opportunity.
The deadline for the submission of final tenders is Wednesday 4th March 2026 at 5pm.
CPV: Cafeteria services · Catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£120,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality and Social Value: 60%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality and Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Feb 2026, 15:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Feb 2026, 15:47 GMT
- Authority reference
DN805653 / PA101- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010118- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064745Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Tenders need to be submitted via The Chest (Proactis) procurement portal at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗.
The tender documents are also available via the portal. Suppliers will need to register an account on the portal and will need to click to 'register an interest in the opportunity' on the advert to gain access to the tender documents.
Timeline
4 Feb 2026 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published267 days ago4 Feb 2026, 15:47 GMT
- Clarification questions by246 days ago24 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline239 days ago4 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Contract starts211 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published4 Feb 2026, 15:47 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender