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City Square Planters

Dundee City Council

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12 Aug 2026 at 01:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Dundee City Council bought planters for City Square in Dundee city centre. The requirement covered the purchase of planters for the City Square public realm, with delivery to City Square, Dundee. This is a goods procurement involving manufactured or supplied landscaping and streetscape furniture rather than installation, construction or ongoing maintenance services. The procurement is categorised under CPV 39290000, covering miscellaneous furnishings and related items. The council was the buying organisation and the requirement was handled for its City Square project. Businesses relevant to this type of work include manufacturers, distributors and specialist suppliers of outdoor planters, civic landscape furniture and durable public-realm furnishings. The scale and specification would suit suppliers able to provide a defined batch of robust products for an urban civic setting.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to Hardscape Products Ltd, with an active contract signed on 4 May 2026. The contract value is £69,722.58. There was one bid for the single lot, and it came from an SME. Dundee City Council used a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Its stated route was a competitive request-for-quotation exercise conducted directly with a number of suppliers, outside the formal Public Contracts Scotland procurement process and not through Procurement Services. The requirement was treated as outside the scope of the relevant directive and was covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The award relates to the completed purchase of City Square planters; no contract end date or duration is stated in the process.

This award is useful market evidence for suppliers of public-realm planters, commercial landscaping products and civic streetscape furnishings. A credible competitor for similar Dundee requirements would need to supply durable outdoor products suitable for a prominent city-centre location, meet the council’s design and specification requirements, and manage delivery of a defined product order to Dundee. The successful supplier was an SME, showing that the requirement was accessible to a specialist small or medium-sized business rather than only a major national contractor. The route to award also indicates that direct competitive quotation was important: suppliers would need to be identifiable to the client department, responsive to quotation requests and able to provide clear pricing and product information. Experience supplying councils, town-centre improvements or comparable public spaces would strengthen credibility.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

City Square Planters

Notice Description

purchase of planters for City Square, Dundee

Procurement Information

The client department undertook a competitive Request for Quotation exercise directly with a number of suppliers. The requirement was not routed through Procurement Services and the formal Public Contracts Scotland procurement process was not undertaken prior to contract award.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000839918
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG562121
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

CPV Codes

39290000 - Miscellaneous furnishing

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£69,722 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
4 May 20263 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Dundee City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
DUNDEE
Postcode
DD1 1QE
Postcode Area
Dundee
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM0 Eastern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM03 Angus and Dundee City
Delivery Location
TLM71 Angus and Dundee City
Local Authority
Dundee City
Electoral Ward
Maryfield
Westminster Constituency
Dundee Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Hardscape Products Ltd

Further Information

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