P5769 Playground Maintenance and Repair Contract

For avoidance of doubt this is not a call for competition at this stage, the purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to advise the market of the forthcoming procurement of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Playground Maintenance and Repair and seek ideas from the market that may inform the final specification.

A virtual supplier engagement event will be held on Friday 4th February 2022 at 13:00.

Please register your interest for the event by sending your company name and representatives names to Matthew.twohig.@towerhamlets.gov.uk no later than Wednesday 2nd February 16:00.

The procurement of the Playground maintenance and repair contract is for the provision of repairs to all playgrounds throughout Tower Hamlets.

The contract is being procured in collaboration with officers from other Directorates that require these services.

The procurement of this contract will be in line with all legislation, British and European Standards, sound and accepted best practice implicit in the Specifications and public/user Health and Safety.

The contract will also be procured in line with the Parks and Opens Spaces Strategy, and all relevant existing and future parks specific strategic documents in line with Green Flag best Practice standards The contract is for the provisions of services includes but are not limited to.

1.

Repairs to all Playground equipment in line with EN 1176 standards 2.

Safety Surface Repair in line with EN1177 Standards 3.

Repairs to all ancillary items within a playground 4.

Emergency Call Out 5.

Decommission and making safe Playground equipment