Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice
Published 7 Aug 2025, 12:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

WCC Housing Play Areas: Playground Inspection and Maintenance Services

Official notice

Authority: Westminster City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£500,000≈ £250k / year · £600,000 inc. VAT20% above final estimate
Submissions closed 17 Sept 2025awarded 22 Dec 2025
Awarded to KOMPAN Limited2 awards
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Oct 2027 · up to 31 Oct 2029 with extensions · starts 3 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Westminster City Council is embarking on a term contract for Playground Surveying, Repairs and Maintence for a period of 4 years (2+1+1). A two-year initial contract term is to allow for the establishment of the contract delivery.

  • Electronic management system.
  • For all assets, inspections and repairs.
  • Reporting and monitoring.
  • Inspections
  • Undertake three Operational Inspections each year.
  • Assessment of Risk and urgency of repair
  • High risk items
  • Defects
  • Record management
  • Safety and condition hazards to be recorded and repairs to be identified.
  • Annual inspection undertaken by an independent third party
  • Repairs and maintenance - to also include upgrades/replacements of individual pieces of equipment
  • Provide training.
  • Visual inspection and defect analysis
  • Electronic records management
  • Repair reporting procedures
  • Risk assessment, control and elimination

The contract is not a fixed price contract and the stated value of the contract is only an estimate. The actual value will depend on the types and volumes of work placed under the contract over the full contract period.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£500,000
Contract period: 3 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Oct 2029 with extensionsValue: £500,000 exc. VAT · £600,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: The contract duration of 2 + 1 + 1 years is. A two-year initial contract term is to allow for the establishment of the contract delivery with 2 further 1 year extensions are available, this will potentially take the duration to 2029 with all extensions. The extension option is to maintain the delivery incentive for the additional final year of the contract.

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 50%
  • Responsible Procurement: 10%
  • Price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical: The technical element will be evaluated via questions designed to assess the supplier’s ability to deliver the contract requirements.
  • Responsible Procurement: The responsible procurement element will be evaluated via questions designed to assess the supplier’s ability to deliver the contract requirements.
  • Price: The pricing element will be evaluated via a pricing schedules distributed to suppliers at release of the tender.
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
7 Aug 2025, 12:16 BST
Last source update
22 Apr 2026, 15:45 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 16 Oct 2025
Authority reference
P36/ITT_30411
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046863
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058344 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
17 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Aug 2025 → 22 Apr 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Aug 2025, 12:16 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline398 days ago
    17 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by368 days ago
    16 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts351 days ago
    3 Nov 2025
  6. Assessment summaries sent285 days ago
    8 Jan 2026
  7. Standstill ends273 days ago
    19 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  8. Latest notice published181 days ago
    22 Apr 2026, 15:45 BST

Notice history

8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Aug 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Aug 2025, 12:16 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 15:17 BST
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 17 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
    28 Aug 2025, 15:17 BST
    +13 days · was 4 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Tender notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 15:32 BST
    UK4
  5. Contract award notice published
    8 Jan 2026, 22:35 GMT
    UK6
  6. Status changed to complete
    8 Jan 2026, 22:35 GMT
  7. Contract signature expected
    26 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  8. Contract details notice published
    22 Apr 2026, 15:45 BST
    UK7
Published amendments (2)

The tender deadline has been extended to allow for review of revised documents

Amendments to the scope to highlight the estimated value of the contract due to the actual value depending on the types and volumes of work placed under the contract over the full contract period

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-08: 2 releases · 7 Aug 2025, 28 Aug 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £600,0001 contract inc. VAT; no net value published · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
KOMPAN LimitedSME26 Jan 2026 – 25 Jan 2028 · up to 25 Jan 2030Extensions: Option to extend for an additional 1 + 1 years.£600,000 inc. VATsame award published again · counted once22 Dec 2025standstill to 19 Jan 2026Standstill
KOMPAN LimitedSME£600,000 inc. VAT †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 2 · KOMPAN LimitedSME

    Signed
    26 Mar 2026
    Value
    £600,000 inc. VAT
    Period
    1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    There is the option to extend for a further 1 + 1 years following the initial 2 year term.

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders30—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Westminster City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJVD-6261-BPPJ 64 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1E 6QPContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • KOMPAN LimitedAwarded supplier Serenity House, Shirwell Crescent, Furzton, South East, MK4 1GAContact email
  • Kompan LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01704623 Serenity House, Shirwell Crescent, Milton Keynes, South East, MK4 1GAContact email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender