Tender: Collett Park Gateway — Design of Park Entrance, Café, Accessible Toilets, Landscaping and Cycle Facilities

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SMTC is seeking a design team to improve Collett Park’s gateway by delivering indoor and outdoor spaces that create a safer, more welcoming and accessible park entrance, upgraded café facilities, modern accessible toilets (including feasibility for a Changing Places room), tool storage and a small vehicle garage, signage, relocated amenities and improved cycle connections to the Strawberry Line. The brief requires proposals that respect the park’s character and heritage, enable community use and phased soft landscaping, and provide robust lighting and maintenance-ready design; the team must undertake energy modelling, Whole Life Carbon Assessment (QS coordination allowance at RIBA Stage 2), aim for RIBA 2030 performance targets and at least 10% net gains in biodiversity, and support public and stakeholder engagement including two public events and a school workshop to inform a planning application. Outline milestones set the design team appointment in Jan–Feb 2026, RIBA Stage 2 in Feb–Apr 2026, public engagement in May–June 2026, RIBA Stage 3 and planning submission July–Oct 2026, and RIBA Stage 4, tender and start on site in 2027.