Decision details

Canal Fields Play Area includes the removal of some pieces of existing equipment and design, supply and installation of new wood based equipment which must cater for the age range 2-14. With a preference for a main play feature that can be used by several children at a time. The specification approach was to ask tenderers to base the overall design on local history and to provide all the equipment, installation and safety inspection for the total budget available.
The current play area in Canal Fields contains equipment that is over 25 years. The play experience is not what it should be. The lack of inclusive play equipment means that the play are is not suitable for certain residents within Dacorum.
A Councillor from Berkhamsted Town Council (BTC) was invited to join the evaluation team, as BTC had expressed an interest in the play facilities on this site.
This tender was advertised as an Open (below WTO threshold) process on the Supply Hertfordshire portal and on Contracts Finder in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015. (PCR2015)

The approval to award contract for Canal Fields Play Area to supply and install playground equipment at Canal Fields, Berkhamsted to Eibe Play Limited

The current play area in Canal Fields contains equipment that is over 25 years. The play experience is not what it should be. The lack of inclusive play equipment means that the play are is not suitable for certain residents within Dacorum.