Playground equipment contracts

• The five suppliers that won the most playground equipment contracts took 57% of them (137 of 239).
• Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
• The median contract, £97k, is 38% above the median across landscaping & grounds contracts (£70k).
• South East had the most contracts: 43, or 18% of the total.

1. 1Somerset Council14 contracts£562k
2. 2East Suffolk Council7 contracts£842k
3. 3City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council6 contracts£432k
4. 4Bristol City Council5 contracts£1.2m
5. 5DERBY CITY COUNCIL5 contracts£450k
6. 6Bridgend County Borough Council5 contracts£350k
7. 7Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council5 contracts£157k
8. 8South Ribble Borough Council4 contracts£628k
9. 9Wakefield Council4 contracts£379k
10. 10Wrexham County Borough Council4 contracts—

1. 1Kompan61 contracts£11.9m
2. 2HAGS30 contracts£4.3m
3. 3Wicksteed Leisure Limited29 contracts£2.3m
4. 4Proludic Ltd16 contracts£6.7m
5. 5Sutcliffe Play10 contracts£509k
6. 6SOMERSET LANDSCAPES LIMITED6 contracts£274k
7. 7eibe Play Ltd5 contracts£963k
8. 8DRAGON PLAY & SPORTS LTD4 contracts£1.2m
9. 9Jupiter Play and Leisure Ltd4 contracts£517k
10. 10ABACUS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED4 contracts£157k

Latest

• Playground Improvement (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £100k

  Mere Town Council to Proludic Ltd · Awarded 29 September 2026

• Design, Supply & Installation of Corrib Rd Playground (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £126k

  Blackpool Council to Kompan · Awarded 29 September 2026

• Peel Street Play Park Refurbishment, Mini-competition, Lot 2 (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £96k

  Hull City Council to Kompan · Awarded 25 September 2026

• Sturminster House Play Area (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £99k

  Southampton City Council to Kompan · Awarded 23 September 2026

• Church Street Play Area upgrade (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £95k

  Wakefield Council to HAGS · Awarded 23 September 2026

• T2690 Supply and Delivery of Playground Equipment (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £655k

  Belfast City Council to Allplay, Garden Escapes, Hawthorn Heights Ltd, Kompan and LARS PLAY LTD · Awarded 23 September 2026

• Pennyquick Park Play Area (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £45k

  Bath & North East Somerset Council to STREETSCAPE (PRODUCTS & SERVICES) LIMITED · Awarded 21 September 2026

• Patting Close Play Area (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £130k

  Salford City Council to Horticon Limited · Awarded 15 September 2026

• Whittle Street Play Area (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £143k

  Salford City Council to Groundwork Landscapes Limited · Awarded 15 September 2026

• B1024 - Refurbishment of Children’s Play Areas (Tranche 5B) (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  Value not published

  Bridgend County Borough Council to Wicksteed Leisure Limited · Awarded 15 September 2026

Largest

• Landscaping Works at Alton Activity Centre and Downshire Field, SW15 (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £5.7m

  London Borough of Wandsworth to Elite Landscapes Ltd · Awarded 4 November 2025

• MVDC Play Areas - Multi Site Further Competition under ESPO framework No 115 (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £3.5m

  Crawley Borough Council to Proludic Ltd · Awarded 26 March 2026

• GB-London: Gloucester Gate - Regents Park and Greenwich Park Playground Renovation Projects - Lot 3 (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £3.2m

  The Royal Parks to Blakedown Landscapes · Awarded 23 December 2025

• Tender for Play Area Works within the Borough of Ards and North Down (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £2.9m

  Ards and North Down Borough Council to GARDEN ESCAPES (IRELAND) LIMITED and Play and Leisure Services · Awarded 16 April 2026

• Parks Play Areas Refurbishments Phase 3 – Design & Build (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £2.3m

  London Borough of Hackney to Ground Control · Awarded 1 December 2025

Design, supply and installation of new, replacement or refurbished children's play areas and play equipment, including the safety surfacing, fencing, gates, seating and landscaping bought with them as one scheme. Also covers play equipment bought supply-only from catalogues or frameworks.

• New play areas and play parks
• Play area refurbishment and replacement programmes across several sites
• Replacement of single items such as swings, slides, multiplay units, zip wires and cable runways
• Inclusive, accessible and SEN play areas
• Natural play, bespoke timber playscapes and adventure playgrounds
• Trim trails sold as play equipment
• School and early years play areas
• Supply-only play equipment and catalogue items
• Design stage of design-then-install play contracts
• Combined play schemes that also include outdoor gym or water play elements
• Timber play structures such as forts and look-out towers in parks and nature reserves
• Outdoor classrooms, outdoor learning spaces and breaktime quiet spaces designed and built in school grounds or at visitor sites
• Sensory play panels added to existing playgrounds

• Surfacing-only contracts or separate surfacing lots (grd.play.play-safety-surfacing)
• Repairs, replacement parts and refurbishment of retained equipment (grd.play.play-area-maintenance-repair)
• Standalone outdoor gym schemes (grd.play.outdoor-gym-equipment)
• Skate parks, pump tracks and bike parks (grd.play.skate-parks-pump-tracks)
• Standalone splash pads and water play (grd.play.splash-pads-water-play)
• High ropes and adventure activity courses (grd.play.high-ropes-courses)
• Playground games markings (grd.play.playground-markings)
• Whole-park improvement schemes where play is a minor element (grd.land.park-open-space-improvement)
• Play design-only commissions and play strategies (csl.design.landscape-architecture-public-realm; csl.plan.open-space-and-playing-pitch-strategies)
• MUGAs, 3G pitches, tennis and basketball courts (con.civils.sports-surfaces)
• Indoor soft play and early years classroom equipment (outside the industry)

• EOTAS
• Skills bootcamps