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

Contract notice (2025-11-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Tender for Play Area Works within the Borough of Ards and North Down
Short description:
“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...”    Show more
Type of contract: Works
Products/services: Landscaping work for playgrounds 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 100 000 GBP 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 1
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 2

1️⃣
Title: Lot 1 - Northern
Description of the procurement:
“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...”    Show more
Type of contract: Works
Products/services: Landscaping work for playgrounds 📦
Additional products/services: Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment 📦
Playground equipment 📦
Park and playground equipment 📦
Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work 📦
Main site or place of performance:
“N/A”
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Border 🏙️
Duration
Start date: 2026-04-01 📅
End date: 2028-03-31 📅
Description
Maximum renewals: 3
Other information about renewals:
“The Council anticipates that the Contract will commence on 1 April 2026 initially for a two-year period, with the option to extend the contract for a...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): The total qualitative criteria is 75%. Full details of all the qualitative criteria are detailed within the tender documents.
Cost criterion (name): The total quantitative criteria is 25%. Full details of the quantitative criteria are detailed within the tender documents.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

2️⃣
Title: Lot 2 - Southern
Description of the procurement:
“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...”    Show more
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment 📦
Playground equipment 📦
Park and playground equipment 📦
Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work 📦

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-12 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-07 12:00:00 📅

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Ards and North Down Borough Council
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: City Hall, The Castle
Postal code: BT20 4BT
Postal town: Bangor
Region: Border 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk 📧
Phone: 0300 013 3333 📞
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do 🌏
Participation URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do 🌏
Identifier of EU funds: Peaceplus
Further details of EU funds:
“PEACEPLUS”
EU funds programme: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (2021/2027)
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Ards and North Down Borough Council
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: City Hall, The Castle
Postal code: BT20 4BT
Postal town: Bangor
Region: Border 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk 📧
Phone: 0300 013 3333 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Ards and North Down Borough Council
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: City Hall, The Castle
Postal code: BT20 4BT
Postal town: Bangor
Region: Border 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk 📧
Phone: 0300 013 3333 📞
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“N/A”
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Notice information
Preferred publication date: 2025-11-13Z 📅
Source: OJS 2025/S 219-754393 (2025-11-12)

Contract notice (2025-12-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 100 000 GBP 💰

Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-19 12:00:00 📅
Tendering terms
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-14 12:00:00 📅

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
New value
Text:
“Economic Operators are advised that Council has extended the deadline for receipt of submissions by 1 week until 12noon on Monday 19th January 2026. The...”    Show more
Other additional information

“Extension to Deadline for Receipt of Submissions and Clarifications”
Main reason for change: Buyer correction
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 761571-2025
Source: OJS 2025/S 241-831554 (2025-12-12)