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Observation Wheel at Bournemouth Seafront

Buyer: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council →

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BuyerBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
StatusClosed
Deadline27 Aug 2026
Value£3,000,000
Published28 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The Council is seeking an Operator to provide a high-quality Ferris/Observation wheel for operation at Bournemouth Pier Approach. The length of the contract will be for three years, commencing on 25th January 2027 and running until 5th January 2030.

Delivery location

UKK24, GB

Categories

Fair and amusement park services 92331000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£3,000,000
Contract periodFrom 25 Jan 2027 to 5 Jan 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Fair and amusement park servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 92. The category anchor is Fair and amusement park services (92331000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 921,2594 median · 35.8 average (324 of 1,259 with a bid count)3.8 average (369 of 1,259 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer5Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKK245Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)7642 median · 42 average (1 of 76 with a bid count)4 average (1 of 76 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d55d
Latest release ID071266-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jul 28 2026 13:24:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071266-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-27T14:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-13T23:59:59+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£3,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
28 Jul 2026tender071266-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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