Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bbe-0ffa-71ec-a01b-593d98283b87/bristol-city-council-parks-service-groundworks-play-principal-contractor pending GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Bristol City Council Parks Service - Groundworks & Play Principal Contractor [Bristol City Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/bristol-city-council) Pays 92% within 30 days Estimated value Not stated Published 30 Jun 2025 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Below-threshold contract Buyers cannot shortlist bidders on suitability before tenders are in, so everyone gets to submit a bid (except some larger works contracts). [Procurement Act 2023, section 85](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/section/85) - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender 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 - [procontract.due-north.com/Advert](https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=cb4b9fbc-cb51-f011-813a-005056b64545) Read full description ## CPV classification Playground equipment Park and playground equipment Landscaping work for parks Flatwork for children's play area Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-055391-2025-06-30T13:51:18+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-055391-2025-06-30T13:51:18+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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