Alum Chine Playground Refurbishment

Tender description

Important information - PLEASE READ The deadline for submitting your response to this contract opportunity is 20th February 2017 at 14:00. Suppliers interested in this opportunity should click on the ‘Register interest in this opportunity’ button in the top right of the screen. If you are not already logged into the system, you will be required to log in before you can ‘Register interest in this opportunity’. New users to the system must register first to obtain a user name and password before returning to this opportunity. Once suppliers have registered their interest they can access the full tender documentation automatically from ‘My Activities’ on the home page. There is a guide for using the Supplying the South West system within the attachments section of this advert. Please follow the guide from page 36 on ‘How to Access Tender Documents through Supplying the South West’ within the attachments section to the right which provides a step-by-step screen shot of how to access the tender documents. The documents shown within the attachments section of the advert are watermarked as Read-Only. These Read-Only documents should only be used to confirm if this is an opportunity that you wish to bid for and they are not a full list of all of the tender documents available. Please do not complete these tender documents as they are Read-Only. To access the full tender documents, please click on the ‘Register interest in this opportunity’ button in the top right. As soon as you have done this, you will be able to access the full tender documents by following the guide ‘How to Access Tender Documents through Supplying the South West. The Council is looking for a supplier for the refurbishment of Alum Chine Playground. The project involves demolition and clearance of the existing play area and construction of a new playground including various play features and elements. The works include: • Removing play equipment, fencing and furniture, both for disposal and re-use off-site; • Excavations for footings for new play equipment and items; • Reducing soil levels in localised area; • Trenching for water supply from adjacent toilet block; • Installing gabions; • Construction of features using reclaimed Greenheart and Ekki hardwoods supplied via Bournemouth Borough Council (terraces, planters and benches); • Installation of large ‘fallen play tree’ (requiring crane) and large log sections; • Other timber work including new fencing and refurbishment of existing fences, boardwalk and seat. • Installing various play features both off the peg and bespoke; • Topsoiling; • Laying small areas of macadam surface course and self-binding gravel; • Installing / laying Impact Absorbing Surfaces (IAS) including bark, sand and sand carpet; and • Overseeing / co-ordinating the installation of the bespoke play ship. It is anticipated that the scheme is to complete by end of May in time for the Bank Holiday. Keywords: Park, Refurbishment, Demolish