CFT 3931- Quarterly and Annual Inspections of Play Spaces within the SDCC remit and the production of associated reports
South Dublin County Council
South Dublin County Council require an independent suitably qualified organisation to carry out detailed Quarterly and Annual Inspections coupled with the production of respective reports. The inspections and reports will cover a wide variety of playspaces including, but not limited to, playgrounds, playspaces, natural play areas, MUGAs, skateparks, pump tracks, calisthenics areas, ball walls, parkours, boules areas, teenspaces and exercise equipment both weighted and non weighted equipment with a view to capturing faulty or dangerous equipment as well as assessing furniture, fencing, surfaces or any other applicable and associated components.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-04-20. The procurement was published on 2026-03-16.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- โข Business and management consultancy services โบ Safety consultancy services
- โข Construction equipment โบ Park and playground equipment
- โข Environmental safety services โบ Landscape protection services
- โข Health and safety services โบ Health and safety consultancy services
- โข Landscaping work โบ Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas โบ Landscaping work for playgrounds
- โข Miscellaneous business and business-related services โบ Specialty design services
- โข Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services โบ Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment
- โข Roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other fairground amusements โบ Playground equipment
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | Contract notice |
| 2026-11-04 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2026-03-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: CFT 3931- Quarterly and Annual Inspections of Play Spaces within the SDCC remit and the production of associated reports
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services:
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Green Procurement Criteria: EU Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 48 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-04-20 16:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-04-20 16:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7728743
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-04-20 16:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7728743
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-04-08 16:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: South Dublin County Council
National registration number:
Postal address: County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 YNN5
Postal code: D24 YNN5
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: procurement@sdublincoco.ie ๐ง
Phone: +3531 4149320 ๐
URL: https://www.sdcc.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sdcc.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7728743 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7728743 ๐
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 053-184430 (2026-03-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: CFT 3931- Quarterly and Annual Inspections of Play Spaces within the SDCC remit and the production of associated reports
Short description:
South Dublin County Council require an independent suitably qualified organisation to carry out detailed Quarterly and Annual Inspections coupled with the production of respective reports. The inspections and reports will cover a wide variety of playspaces including, but not limited to, playgrounds, playspaces, natural play areas, MUGAs, skateparks, pump tracks, calisthenics areas, ball walls, parkours, boules areas, teenspaces and exercise equipment both weighted and non weighted equipment with a view to capturing faulty or dangerous equipment as well as assessing furniture, fencing, surfaces or any other applicable and associated components.
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Products/services: Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services:
+ 5 more
Playground equipment
๐ฆ
Tenderers shall demonstrate how they will minimise the environmental impact of delivering the playground inspection services over the life of the contract.
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: The transition to a circular economy
Green Procurement Criteria: EU Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 48 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-04-20 16:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-04-20 16:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7728743
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-04-20 16:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7728743
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-04-08 16:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: South Dublin County Council
National registration number:
9509808P
Postal address: County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 YNN5
Postal code: D24 YNN5
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: procurement@sdublincoco.ie ๐ง
Phone: +3531 4149320 ๐
URL: https://www.sdcc.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sdcc.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7728743 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7728743 ๐
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 053-184430 (2026-03-16)
Contract award notice (2026-11-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 600 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Award criteria
Price โ
Price (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 80%
Quality criterion (weighting): 80
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-08-14 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 600 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Play Services Ireland Limited
National registration number:
Postal address: 705 Liburn Enterprise Organisation, Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, Antrim
Postal code: BT28 2BP
Postal town: Lisburn
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: mel@playservicesireland.co.uk ๐ง
Size of the economic operator: Micro
Complementary information
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 600 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Award criteria
Price โ
Price (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 80%
Quality criterion (weighting): 80
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
461052
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-08-14 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 600 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Tender identifier:
000168415
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Play Services Ireland Limited
National registration number:
NI601797
Postal address: 705 Liburn Enterprise Organisation, Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, Antrim
Postal code: BT28 2BP
Postal town: Lisburn
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: mel@playservicesireland.co.uk ๐ง
Size of the economic operator: Micro
Complementary information
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
In accordance with the European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations2010 and the European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
Source: OJS 2026/S 216-773380 (2026-11-04)
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