PlanningUpdate
Bristol City Council Parks Service - Groundworks & Play Principal Contractor
BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL
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Contract Timeline
- Publication Date
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30th June 2025 12:51:18 PM
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Contract Summary
Bristol City Council are issuing a speculative soft market testing notice to understand the interest in the market relating to Principal Contractors who have experience of delivering parks improvement works. The council are looking for contractors who are either able to deliver themselves, or would act as principal contractor and sub-contract the following requirements: • Groundworks (eg. excavation & filling, hard landscape construction & drainage, retaining walls/landscape walls, soiling) • Path works • Fencing & repairs (eg. welding, painting, retrofitting) • Detail design (eg. engineering design, level setting out) • Regrading grassed areas / laying, installing lawn • Planting (eg. trees, hedges & perennial planting) • Play equipment installation & safety surfacing • Outdoor furniture installation (eg. benches etc) Over the coming 24 months the Council have a number of sub-threshold contracts where it will be looking to contract with a principal contractor who will bring forwards the project. This exercise is being undertaken to identify if there are providers in the market who can undertake the breadth of works required. Please note that partaking in this soft market testing process does not guarantee your organisation future contracts with the Council. Any requirements will be tendered in adherence to the Bristol City Council procurement rules & Procurement Act 2023. The reason for this SMT process is to identify interested contractors who can be invited to quote for future work - any quote processes will be administered via ProContract, with specific details of each competition being released along with each Request for Quote. To register an interest please complete the soft market testing form which can be found on ProContract - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=cb4b9fbc-cb51-f011-813a-005056b64545
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Contract Details
- Open Contracting ID
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ocds-h6vhtk-055391
- Publication Source
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Find a Tender Service
- Procurement Stage
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PlanningUpdate
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N/A
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N/A
- Procurement Category
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Works
- Tender Suitability
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- Framework / DPS
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Contract Classification
- CPV Code(s)
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Awarding Authority
- Buyer Name
- Buyer Email
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tom.lynes@bristol.gov.uk
- Buyer Phone
- Buyer Address
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City Hall, College Green
Bristol
BS1 5TR
United Kingdom