The Council is pleased to announce the Invitation to Tender for the refurbishment of Trent Road Playing Field, Haydon Wick is now live.
As aligned within its Community Led Plan and aim to make Play Areas accessible for all, the Council is pleased to be working with Mums on a Mission and Benjamin’s Smile once again to capture ideas and share experiences on this innovative new play area refurbishment project. The tender deadline is the end of June ready for scrutiny and approval at Full Council in July. Watch this space for more exciting updates!
Previously the Council has worked with both charities for King George V, Luna Close and Gaynor Close on accessible play areas. Luna Close recently featured in Sport England’s new active design code available on Sport England’s website. If you haven’t had a chance to visit the above play areas please do so.
To view the tender for the Trent Road Playing Field, click here.
Clarification Questions received from potential bidders:
- What is you preferred type of material for the new equipment steel or is timber acceptable? Steel is the preferred material; however, timber designs will be considered.
- Do you require wet pour across the whole are, or just the safety fall zones as in the existing play area, with tarmac around them. Wet pour around the equipment with tarmac infill.
- The tarmac footpath – is this to run approx. where you can see the worn path across the grass on the attached screenshot? That would be fine, the shortest point between the play area and the footpath.
- Am I right to assume that the vehicle access is on the far side of the field, from Severn Avenue? Yes, that is correct.
- With the proposed new area, are you looking for the area to be one complete rubber pad, or several pads with tarmac in between, or several pads with grass in between? Several pads with tarmac in between would be the preferred, however, innovative designs will be considered.
- Do you require an independent post installation inspection? No, this should be covered within the fee retention. The external play inspection company assessments will be done during the 12 month period, so any faults would be requested to be corrected before the retention is issued.
- Do you require any seating? No. This is easy for the Council to install and purchase in the future if required. Focus the budget on new equipment / surfacing.
- Can we extend the 750 word count to capture all the items we’d like to get across in the tender? Yes, word count can be extended to 1,250 words.
