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BLANDFORD FORUM TOWN COUNCIL

Badbury Heights Phase 2 Play Area

Construction MachineryCPV 43000000 43300000 43320000
Value£40k
Awarded12 Feb 2018
Published12 Mar 2018
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£40ktotal contract value
median £80k
this tender£0£1.2m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Mining & Construction Machinery band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 1,291 valued Mining & Construction Machinery tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Blandford Forum is a unique Georgian Market Town, as the centre was re-built after a series of disastrous fireswhich completely destroyed the town in 1731.

Over the centuries since then, the town has continued to expand,in particular to the north.

One of the latest development to the north of the town is the phased development ofBadbury Heights.

The play area agreed for Phase 2 is known as a LEAP, which is a Local Equipped Area ofPlay for accompanied children of early school age, up to 8 years.

These should offer at least 5 types of playequipment.

LEAPs should be located 400 metres or 5 minutes walking time along pedestrian routes (240 metresin a straight line), from nearby dwellings.

Seating should be provided for accompanying adults, bins, a notice board and the area fenced.

Buffer distance to boundary of nearest dwelling - 10m.

Planning permission, subjectto these conditions, have already been obtained as part of the original permission for the development.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

These should offer at least 5 types

These should offer at least 5 types of playequipment.

02

LEAPs should be located 400 metres or

LEAPs should be located 400 metres or 5 minutes walking time along pedestrian routes (240 metresin a straight line), from nearby dwellings.

03

Seating should be provided for accompanying adults

Seating should be provided for accompanying adults, bins, a notice board and the area fenced.

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OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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