Design & Installation of Kingswood Park Play Area 2024/2025

This project is for the design and construction/installation of an improved play area at Kingswood Park, Kingswood, Bristol.

South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and the Friends of Kingswood Park were successful in securing funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) for the refurbishment of historic elements of Kingswood Park together with access improvements and improvements to the existing play area, with the desired outcome that a wider range of people will be involved with the heritage.

SGC are inviting suppliers to provide tenders for the design and installation of the play area at Kingswood Park based on the requirements detailed in Schedule 3 (the Specification) of the ITT documents (available via the Supplying the South West ProContract Portal), within the available budget of £230,000 and in-line with the NLHF outcomes we hope to meet.

This contract will be for the playground and will include the design, supply and installation of new equipment, surfacing, landscaping, gates and new and relocation of existing railings, along with ancillary items, including macadam access paths through the play area, seats etc. The new play area will be based on innovation, providing a thematic link to its history and the local area. It will be fully accessible for all ages and abilities, encouraging informal social use between generations including children with disabilities.

This is a single-stage open tender process, and the successful tenderer will be a Named Contractor within the main contract tender documents for the overall Kingswood Park Restoration and Enhancement Project. The successful tenderer will be asked to provide the relevant information regarding the play area for inclusion in SGC's main (or 'Principal') Contractor tender documentation.

The play area will be constructed in 2025 (timetable to be agreed). We anticipate that the Principal Contractor will start works in September 2025. Work on-site for the play area will commence thereafter in agreement with the Principal Contractor and the Council.