Official UK procurement notice
Skateboard Park Remodelling · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Higham Ferrers Town Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement is to remodel one of the landing areas and banking of the skateboard park which is situated on Saffron Road Recreation Ground, located off Vine Hill Drive, Higham Ferrers, NN10 8EF.
The Town Council requires a contractor to supply all materials, construct, and manage the remodelling works to the skateboard park to the point of recommissioning.
We are seeking a competitive quotation, the council has a budget allocation of £24,000.
The remodelling to comprise increasing the concrete landing area by 1 metre in length and building out of the banking with a plateau 1m in length with a less steep slope to the ground level.
The site is accessed from Vine Hill Drive and the sports pavilion car park. There is room in the car park to barrier off a section for a skip and any materials and works equipment if required.
Your tender return should include a breakdown of the materials specification and construction elements necessary for the work, with a cost per element (excluding VAT). As a guide and as minimum the following is required in this respect:-
- Excavation and disposal off site of any material to enable the remodelling works.
- Import and compaction of sub-bases to build out.
- Fixing dowels into existing concrete.
- Fixing shuttering and stakes, mesh and spacer blocks.
- Laying concrete and sealing.
- Import and spread of soil to form plateau and banking.
- Finish with a suitable material. Please provide the cost for 2 finish options:-
- Option 1. Bonded mulch from edge of concrete over banking platform and slope to existing ground level. Bonded mulch to be green in colour.
- Option 2. Grass matting from edge of concrete over banking platform and slope to existing ground level, followed by application of grass seed.
Please provide measurements or a diagram to demonstrate the extent of the soil plateau and the gradient of the slope of the banking to either side of the end, and the end itself. The end of slope must finish at least 2ms from the near edge of the football pitch. A path to the side nearest the Scheduled Ancient Monument must be maintained and it is acknowledged that the gradient of the slopes to the side will be restricted by this.
- Hire of equipment, mobilisation, setting out, heras fencing signage and welfare.
CPV: Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants · Playground equipment
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Lot awarding rule: Tenders will be evaluated on the following basis with the overall score calculated out of 100% Price 75% Experience and track record 10% (Demonstrated ability to deliver similar projects to a high quality) Health and safety 5% (Demonstrated approach to health and safety including health and safety policy and procedures. Risk assessments and safe methods of working, compliance with relevant legislation. ) Quality assurance, workmanship guarantees 5% (Demonstrated evidence of material selection, installation standards, safety and compliance, maintenance, staffing and credibility.) Environmental 5% (Consideration of environmental management policies, sustainable working practices, waste management and recycling, use of local resources and skills, use of environmentally responsible materials and equipment.)
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- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £60,000 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Playground equipment (CPV 3753) in North East England, and who usually turns up
Higham Ferrers Town Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Playground equipment (CPV 3753) →
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Across this market, 0% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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Half of these awards were announced within 28 days of the bid deadline.
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Across this market, at least 10% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
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1 bid8%
2–338%
4–646%
7+8%
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Below estimate40%
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Lot #1CPV 3753Published estimate£30k
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1 bid7%
2–345%
4–643%
7+5%
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Based on 8 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
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Middle 50%£28k–£30k
Estimate£30k
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £2.7m18 awards in 36m · last this month | 6 live · £1.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 2% below n=3 | |
| £3.0m37 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 9 live · £1.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 2% below n=9 | |
Groundwork LondonLarge | £680k10 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live · £60k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 2% below n=3 |
| £38k4 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 3 live · £12m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
Technogym UK LtdLarge | £1.5m6 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=2 |
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 14 Oct 2026, 09:38 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2026, 09:38 BST
- Authority reference
26/002- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096806- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078717Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Tenders are preferred electronically and are to be sent to:
Subject Line: Skatebaord Park Remodelling 2026 Tender Submission
Alternatively, tenders can be submitted in writing in a sealed marked envelope. The envelope should have the date of submission written on it and be addressed:
Skateboard Park Remodelling 2026 Tender Submission
The Proper Officer
Higham Ferrers Town Council
Town Hall
Market Square
Higham Ferrers NN10 8BT
Checklist for Submission
In addition to the fixed price quotation for the remodelling work under the scope and specification above, please provide with your submitted tender:-
- References - at least 2 references of similar works undertaken within the last 3 years
- Method statement
- Risk assessments
- Public liability insurance
- Health and Safety polices and documentation of safe working practices
- Relevant Quality Assurance documentation, work guarantee periods and environmental policy and practices
Timeline
14 Oct 2026 → 25 Nov 2026 · 3 dates- Tender notice published1 day ago14 Oct 2026, 09:38 BST
- Today15 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 22 days6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 41 days25 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published14 Oct 2026, 09:38 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender