Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d22-f751-7397-855c-52330d527b45/design-and-install-a-playground-at-hawthorn-gardens-kendal-via-espo-framework-1 awarded GB restricted procedure Suitable for SMEs # Design and Install a Playground at Hawthorn Gardens, Kendal via ESPO Framework 115\_25 Lot 1 [Westmorland and Furness Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/westmorland-and-furness-council) Estimated value £50,000 Published 10 Jul 2026 Deadline Closed 12 Jun 2026 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Westmorland and Furness Council is seeking quotes to replace the existing playground at Hawthorn Gardens, Kendal with a modern, exciting, and inclusive play space that better meets the needs of the local community. Key aims include: Providing a variety of new play equipment that delivers challenge, excitement, and play value for children of different ages and abilities. Enhancing accessibility and incorporating inclusive play elements wherever possible. Ensuring the new design makes effective use of the site, recognising it is a small site but is well used. Improving the ground conditions that are currently uneven and prone to flooding. ## CPV classification Sports goods and equipment Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/d7b9735b-bdf6-486b-9016-37ddf7b9fb4e) 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. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Westmorland and Furness Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/westmorland-and-furness-council) [Sector More Musical, sports & leisure equipment tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/musical-sports-leisure-equipment) ## More tenders like this [Tender for the design and installation of a NEW PUMP track and associated works at omagh CO. tyrone · Fermanagh and Omagh District Council · 20 days left · 9 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1592e-efc7-71ad-9b79-c7b3298c5b15/tender-for-the-design-and-installation-of-a-new-pump-track-and-associated-works) [Gymnasium equipment – Einbausportgeräte, mobile Sportgeräte und Betriebsausstattung · Zweckverband Schulzentrum · 29 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-961f-72fa-b678-4e03537cd681/germany-gymnasium-equipment-einbausportgerate-mobile-sportgerate-und-betrie) [Playground equipment – ΔΙΑΚΗΡΥΞΗ · ΔΗΜΟΣ ΛΑΓΚΑΔΑ · 9 days left · 29 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-8879-724f-9a05-b4549f762a2d/greece-playground-equipment-diakhryksh) [Fitness equipments – Dostawa wyposażenia sprzętowego z podziałem na 5 części · Uniwersytet Medyczny W Białymstoku · 30 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-8af2-73b5-ba28-6c23b07f94e4/poland-fitness-equipments-dostawa-wyposazenia-sprzetowego-z-podzialem-na-5-c) [Playground equipment – Kahden uniikin leikkivälineen hankinta Lappeenrannan kaupungille · Lappeenrannan kaupunki · 41 days left · 30 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-58f3-717a-a4a8-e0cdea8cb1e7/finland-playground-equipment-kahden-uniikin-leikkivalineen-hankinta-lappeenr) [Ice maintenance machines – Zakup lodowiska mobilnego wraz z niezbędną infrastrukturą w Gminie Miejskiej Jarosław w ramach zadania „Fizyczna odnowa przestrzeni publicznych Gmin MOF Jarosław – Przeworsk” - 2 części · Gmina Miejska Jarosław · 3 days left · 23 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-1f7d-71eb-ac02-3a6cc452d075/poland-ice-maintenance-machines-zakup-lodowiska-mobilnego-wraz-z-niezbedna-i)