Published date: 4 July 2025
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Landscaping work - 45112700
Landscaping work for green areas - 45112710
Landscaping work for parks - 45112711
Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas - 45112720
Landscaping work for playgrounds - 45112723
Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants - 45212000
Construction work of leisure facilities - 45212100
Location of contract
WS1 1TP
Value of contract
£950,000 to £997,000
Procurement reference
IT-255-811-WP4067 - AWARD
Published date
4 July 2025
Closing date
17 March 2025
Closing time
10am
Contract start date
6 May 2025
Contract end date
18 September 2025
Contract type
Works
Procedure type
Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Walsall Council is looking to appoint a single competent contractor to make improvements to a number of park areas within the 'Bloxwich & Leamore Parks' project. The works will include sport, play, hard and soft landscaping to enhance the experience for Walsall residence.
The Bloxwich & Leamore Parks project is split into 4 locations;
Bloxwich:
o Bloxwich Park
o Memorial Gardens - Pat Collins
o Promenade Gardens
Leamore:
o Leamore Park
As there will be a number of parks redevelopment schemes being carried out within the Bloxwich area during similar periods the works will need to be phased, with Bloxwich taking precedent then Leamore.
Bloxwich Park & Memorial Gardens - Sport, play, hard and soft landscaping improvements to all 3 sites aims to:
o Add colour, interest, and seasonal variety to the backdrop of Bloxwich Park to increase overall amenity value
o Activate a sense of play within the park, upgrading the existing play space with imaginative/ interpretative and formal play based upon the Pat Collins Funfair themed colours.
o Pathway upgrades to allow for enhanced circulation routes, sense of safety and spatial hierarchy, together with additional seating etc.
o Reduce the maintenance need of amenity grass to encourage and improve biodiversity value
o Increase a sense of safety and time spent within the park
o Enhance connection to local history/cultural activities
Leamore Park - Sports, play, hard and soft landscaping as improvement aims to:
o Provide a playground catering for all ages of children based on the theme of 'The Sea' providing local school children with the experience of visiting and playing at the seaside.
o Reduce maintenance of mown grass areas
o Increase a sense of safety and time spent within the park
o Provide space for the local children to play and adults to exercise through an upgraded walking and running surface of the 'Golden Mile' within the park.
o Hard and soft landscaping improvements, together with the planting of new trees and shrubs
o New seating and lighting to improve the security and feeling of the park
o Relocated Davey Lamp sculpture
The route to market being used is a mini competition under the Pagabo Dynamic Purchasing System for Small Works. The framework fee applicable to is 1.5% which is charged monthly.
The works are to be procured via a single stage tender process.
Award information
Awarded date
17 April 2025
Contract start date
6 May 2025
Contract end date
18 September 2025
Total value of contract
£1,031,598
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
MAC Groundwork Contractors Ltd
Address
Unit 1 Castlewood Trading Estate, Uttoxeter Road, Chartley, Staffordshire, Great Britain, ST18 0LP
Reference
None
About the buyer
Contact name
Stacey Hackett
Address
Darwall Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 1TP
United Kingdom
Telephone
123456
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