Tender: Wells-next-the-Sea Playground Additions – Inclusive Under‑5 Equipment and Accessible Pathways

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The Council is seeking a contractor to supply and install additions to the Wells-next-the-Sea children's playground on Beach Road beside the Quay. The Council has £80,000 to add facilities focused on provision for under‑5s and inclusivity, based on a schools' wish list that includes a swing set with two inclusive swing seats and one parent-and-toddler swing seat, an inclusive trampoline, an inclusive roundabout, a toddler activity house and a toddler music activity. The project must include a suitable pathway for buggies and wheelchairs and appropriate surfaces under the equipment, and material choices should take into account the playground's location next to the sea. The contractor will be required to make ready and make good surfaces and pathways, remove any unwanted materials resulting from necessary groundworks, and is invited to view the site; the Council hopes to start at the beginning of September 2026 with ground broken by the 30th and to follow with a phase 2 development in 2028.