Official UK procurement notice
115_25 Outdoor Playground, Fitness and Sports Facilities and Equipment (Design, Supply, Delivery, Installation, Maintenance and Inspection)
Authority: ESPO·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought18 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionAn ESPO national framework for the design, supply, delivery, installation, maintenance and inspection of Outdoor Playground Equipment, Outdoor Fitness Equipment, Skate/BMX Parks, Parkour, Multi Use Games Areas, Water Play Areas and Sports Areas including associated services such as landscaping, fencing and outdoor furniture. Delivery and installation is direct to customers' sites.
CPV: Artificial grass · Chairs · Construction work for sports facilities · Field and court sports equipment · Fitness equipments · Flatwork for children's play area · Flatwork for running tracks · Flatwork for tennis court · Floodlights · Gymnasium equipment · Landscaping work for playgrounds · Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas · +19 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 50 bids on the busiest of 18 lots · 40 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 2 yrs from 1 Jun 2025
Lots and requirements (18)Procurement structure
18 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Playground EquipmentCancelled
To fulfil the playground equipment needs of customers within (but not limited to) educational and recreational environments including schools, smaller local authorities such as town and parish councils and larger local authorities such as City and Borough councils.
This lot is designed to cover all goods and services associated with creating inclusive and accessible outdoor play areas to ensure users of all ages, genders and abilities are catered for.
Customers will be able to access suppliers' full ranges of playground equipment and associated products and services for supply, delivery and installation to their individual sites.
Projects commissioned under this lot can be of any value.
Lot #2Bespoke Design Playground Equipment / Play areasCancelled
This lot is for the design, manufacture and installation of playground equipment of an original, accessible 'one of a kind' bespoke design based on the customers own specification and brief rather than from a standard / catalogue range of playground equipment. This lot is designed to cater for customers seeking special one-off products that are unique to them and their location to design, create and build one of kind destination play spaces that are truly accessible to all ages, genders and abilities.
Projects commissioned under this lot can be of any value. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #3Skateparks / BMX Parks - In-Situ ConcreteCancelled
Provision of Skate / BMX Parks - In-Situ Concrete. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #4Other Wheeled Sports Areas - AsphaltCancelled
Provision of other wheeled sports areas including pump tracks and bike trails - asphalt. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #5Outdoor Fitness EquipmentCancelled
Provision of Outdoor Fitness Equipment. For delivery, supply and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #6Wet pour Rubber SurfacingCancelled
Provision of Wet pour Rubber Surfacing. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #7Football - 3rd Generation Synthetic Grass (3G) PitchCancelled
For the provision of 3G Football Pitches. For delivery, supply and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #8Indoor Sensory and Soft Play EquipmentCancelled
For the provision of indoor sensory equipment and soft play equipment. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #9Splash / Water ParksCancelled
For the provision of outdoor water play areas. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #10Inspection Reports - Play Equipment (including Surfacing) and Outdoor SportsCancelled
For the provision of Inspection Services and reports of condition status and risk level identification for Play Equipment, including Surfacing, and Outdoor Sports. To include remedial maintenance and repair services where appropriate. Services to be provided to customers' individual sites.
Lot #111 - Tennis Courts - MacadamCancelled
For the provision of Tennis Courts with Macadam surfacing. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #122 - Tennis Courts - Synthetic GrassCancelled
For the provision of Tennis Courts with synthetic grass surfacing. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #131 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Steel - Macadam SurfaceCancelled
Provision of Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Steel - Macadam Surface. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #142 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Steel - Synthetic Grass Surface (Sand Filled)Cancelled
Provision of Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Steel - Synthetic Grass Surface. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #153 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Timber on Steel Frame - Macadam SurfaceCancelled
Provision of Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Timber on Steel Frame - Macadam Surface. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #164 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Timber on Steel Frame - Synthetic Grass Surface (Sand Filled)Cancelled
Provision of Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Timber on Steel Frame - Synthetic Grass Surface (Sand Filled). For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #171 - Sport and Play Surface - Synthetic Artificial GrassCancelled
Provision of Sport and Play Surfaces - Synthetic Artificial Grass. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
Lot #182 - Sport and Play Surface - Needle Punched CarpetCancelled
Provision of Sport and Play Surfaces - Needle Punched Carpet. For supply, delivery and installation to customers' individual sites.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
6 more lots publish their own split on the notice.
- Price carries 100 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 10 points.
- “115_25 Outdoor Playground, Fitness and Sports Facilities and Equipment…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use the vehicle
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Oct 2024, 12:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jul 2025, 12:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
115_25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-038549- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b234Find a Tender
- Performance terms
ESPO shall monitor the financial stability of the awarded Suppliers during the period of the Framework Agreement by reference to credit rating agency reports. ESPO shall obtain a credit score for the Supplier on or before the Framework start date as a base score and where a significant change in the credit score is identified over the life of the Framework Agreement, ESPO reserves the right to investigate the reasons for this significant change. Depending on the severity of the changes, it will be at the sole discretion of ESPO to suspend or even permanently remove the Supplier from the Framework Agreement.
- Review procedure
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal. ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself. Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders information only. An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 16 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Jan 2025, 12:01 GMT
Timeline
16 Jan 2025 → 9 Jul 2025 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown16 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened16 Jan 2025, 12:01 GMT
- Contract starts1 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published9 Jul 2025, 12:07 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jul 2025- Status changed to complete9 Jul 2025, 12:07 BST
- Buyer details updated9 Jul 2025, 12:07 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast18 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 18 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £140,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lot 1 - Playground Equipment
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 7 - Wet pour Rubber Surfacing
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 8.1 - Sport and Play Surface - Synthetic Artificial Grass
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 8.2 - Sport and Play Surface - Needle Punched Carpet
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 9 - Football - 3rd Generation Synthetic Grass (3G) Pitch
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 10.1 - Tennis Courts - Macadam
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 10.2 - Tennis Courts - Synthetic Grass
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 11 - Indoor Sensory and Soft Play Equipment
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 12 - Splash / Water Parks
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 13 - Inspection Reports - Play Equipment (including Surfacing) and Outdoor Sports
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 2 - Bespoke Design Playground Equipment / Play areas
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 3.1 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Steel - Macadam Surface
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 3.2 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Steel - Synthetic Grass Surface (Sand Filled)
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 3.3 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Timber on Steel Frame - Macadam Surface
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 3.4 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Timber on Steel Frame - Synthetic Grass Surface (Sand Filled)
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 4 - Skateparks / BMX Parks - In-Situ Concrete
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 5 - Other Wheeled Sports Areas - Asphalt
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 6 - Outdoor Fitness Equipment
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 May 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Playground Equipment | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 2 · Bespoke Design Playground Equipment / Play areas | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 3 · Skateparks / BMX Parks - In-Situ Concrete | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 4 · Other Wheeled Sports Areas - Asphalt | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 5 · Outdoor Fitness Equipment | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 6 · Wet pour Rubber Surfacing | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 7 · Football - 3rd Generation Synthetic Grass (3G) Pitch | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 8 · Indoor Sensory and Soft Play Equipment | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 9 · Splash / Water Parks | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 10 · Inspection Reports - Play Equipment (including Surfacing) and Outdoor Sports | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 11 · 1 - Tennis Courts - Macadam | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 12 · 2 - Tennis Courts - Synthetic Grass | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 13 · 1 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Steel - Macadam Surface | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 14 · 2 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Steel - Synthetic Grass Surface (Sand Filled) | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 15 · 3 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Timber on Steel Frame - Macadam Surface | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 16 · 4 - Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) - Timber on Steel Frame - Synthetic Grass Surface (Sand Filled) | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 17 · 1 - Sport and Play Surface - Synthetic Artificial Grass | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
| 18 · 2 - Sport and Play Surface - Needle Punched Carpet | 50bids · 50 electronic | 48 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
40 commercial parties on the notice- ABACUS PLAYGROUNDS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ACE PLAY LIMITEDFramework contractor
- AXO LEISURE LTDFramework contractor
- BACK-ON-TRACK MOUNTAIN BIKE SOLUTIONS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- BENDCRETE LEISURE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- BETONGPARK LIMITEDFramework contractor
- BLAKEDOWN SPORT AND PLAY LIMITEDFramework contractor
- CANVAS SPACES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- CLEVELAND LAND SERVICES (GUISBOROUGH) LIMITEDFramework contractor
- CREATIVE PLAY (UK) LIMITEDFramework contractor
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- FENLAND LEISURE PRODUCTS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- FOSSE CONTRACTS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- FOUNTAINEERS LIMITEDFramework contractor
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- GREENSPAN PROJECTS LTDFramework contractor
- HAGS-SMP LIMITEDFramework contractor
- JUPITER PLAY AND LEISURE LTDFramework contractor
- KOMPAN LIMITEDFramework contractor
- LARS PLAY LTDFramework contractor
- LIGHTMAIN COMPANY LIMITEDFramework contractor
- MAVERICK INDUSTRIES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- MCARDLE SPORT-TEC LIMITEDFramework contractor
- PENTAGON SPORT LIMITEDFramework contractor
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- PLAYCUBED LTDFramework contractor
- PLAYDALE PLAYGROUNDS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- PROLUDIC LIMITEDFramework contractor
- SAFEPLAY PLAYGROUND SERVICES LTD t/a Fearless RampsFramework contractor
- SENSORY TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDFramework contractor
- SPLASH PADS ENTERPRISES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- STREETSCAPE (PRODUCTS & SERVICES) LIMITEDFramework contractor
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- WHEELSCAPE LTDFramework contractor
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Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria