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# Play Area Surfacing Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/play-area-surfacing-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-066fff). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Chelmsford City Council: "Play Area Surfacing Framework". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Chelmsford City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/chelmsford-city-council-ons-e07000070)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £1,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 April 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Resurfacing works, Surfacing work except for roads
- **Delivery Location:** UKH36
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/play-area-surfacing-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-066fff#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-066fff`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/play-area-surfacing-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-066fff#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/play-area-surfacing-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-066fff#participate

## Description
Chelmsford City Council, in the heart of Essex, has within its stated priorities the creation and development of high-quality public spaces. 
Seventeen of Chelmsford City Council’s main parks across the city received the Green Flag status in 2021 with two new sites- Galleywood Common and Frankland fields receiving a green flag award for the first-time last year. The council owns around 100 play areas and as part of their maintenance plan will establish a framework of up to six suitable suppliers for the provision of Play Area Surfacing.  
Appointment to the framework will recognise excellence in the provision of wet-pour play surfaces, and only those companies selected for inclusion on the framework agreement will be asked to provide quotations for the playground refurbishment projects throughout the life of the framework agreement. 
This tender exercise is designed to select suppliers for inclusion on the framework agreement subsequent requests for quotations for individual projects will then be issued to all providers on the framework. 
All call off contracts for works under the terms of the framework agreement will be the subject of a mini-competition and confirmed by a Chelmsford City Council Official Order.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45233250, 45233251

- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/05/2026 to 31/05/2030

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Abacus Playground Limited, DCM Projects Ltd, Soft Surfaces Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-83551`, `GB-COH:03060788`, `GB-FTS-59387`
  - Value: £1,000,000 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 18/05/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,000,000
  - Signed Date: 28/05/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025610-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-15T13:29:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T13:11:22.718Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-066fff