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Tender for Play Area Works within the Borough of Ards and North Down

Buyer: Ards and North Down Borough Council →

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BuyerArds and North Down Borough Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline19 Jan 2026
Value£5,100,000
Published17 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Tenders are sought by Ards and North Down Borough Council for the provision of new and replacement play areas, and play area maintenance within the Borough area.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Lot 2

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

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 byGPA
Submission policyNot published
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.

Awards

Contracts

Lot 1 - Northern Area

Statusactive
Value£2,850,000

Lot 2 - Southern Area

Statusactive
Value£2,250,000

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05e0d8
Latest release ID035248-2026
Latest release timestampFri Apr 17 2026 13:22:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082495-2025
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release2
Contracts in latest release2
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
17 Apr 2026award, contract035248-2026
19 Mar 2026award, contract025125-2026
12 Dec 2025tenderUpdate082495-2025
24 Nov 2025tenderUpdate076365-2025
13 Nov 2025tender073707-2025

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (5 releases)
17 Apr 2026 · 035248-2026 · award, contract
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19 Mar 2026 · 025125-2026 · award, contract
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12 Dec 2025 · 082495-2025 · tenderUpdate
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24 Nov 2025 · 076365-2025 · tenderUpdate
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13 Nov 2025 · 073707-2025 · tender
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        "id": "073707-2025",
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