Tenders

There may be opportunities for your business to provide goods or services to the Peak District National Park Authority. We publish all of our open tenders and quotations on this page.

Invitations to tender for Moors for the Future contracts can be found on Moors for the Future Tenders.

The Procurement Act 2023 which came into force on 24 February 2025, introduces new procurement rules for public bodies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.  An enhanced Find a Tender service (FTS) was launched, providing a central digital platform for public procurement.

The Contracts Finder service will retain historic contract information regarding awards made by the Authority, and  information on those contracts that have yet to be awarded and were registered on the platform before 24 February 2025

Trentabank Centre refurbishment

The National Park Authority are looking for a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to undertake refurbishment works to a single storey visitor centre.

Proposed works comprise reconfiguration of part the visitor centre building in order to upgrade the Male and Female public WCs and provide a new Changing Place facility. The works include associated MEP alterations, replacement/repositioning of external door sets, internal layout alterations, below ground drainage alterations and complete fit out of public WC areas.

A full tender pack including details of the scope and location of the works, alongside drawings and specification is available to download via the links below.

Anonymised responses to tender queries will be uploaded to the PDNPA website when necessary. It is a tenderer's responsibility to check for these, however, if tenderers wish to be notified of such updates (or other updates) they can register for these by emailing Beth Fenna at beth.fenna@peakdistrict.gov.uk.

Contract location: Trentabank Centre
Contract value: £45,000 excluding VAT (lowest value)
Publication date: Fri 9 May 2025
Closing date: Fri 6 Jun 2025
Notice type: opportunity
Notice status: open

Associated documents

1. Contractor-Invitation-Letter.docx (110.7 KB)
2. SOW-Trentabank.xlsx (88.7 KB)
3. 01-Section-1-Form-of-tender.doc (48.5 KB)
4. 02-Section-2-Tender-Questionnaire.docx (37.9 KB)
5. 03-Section-3-Instructions-on-submitting-the-tender.pdf (188.0 KB)
6. Non-Collusive-Tendering-Certificate.docx (16.4 KB)
7. Trentabank-PCI.pdf (630.5 KB)
8. Trentabank-Prelims-and-ITT.pdf (190.1 KB)
9. CareSpaces-Changing-Place-Trentabank.pdf (113.7 KB)
10. Quote-SO94399-2025-05-07.pdf (38.3 KB)
11. Trentabank-01-Site-Limitations.pdf (325.7 KB)
12. Trentabank-02-Ex-and-Demo-Plans.pdf (401.7 KB)
13. Trentabank-03-Ex-and-Demo-Elevs.pdf (311.2 KB)
14. Trentabank-04-Proposed-Plans.pdf (375.2 KB)
15. Trentabank-05-Proposed-Plan-Dimensions.pdf (273.1 KB)
16. Trentabank-06-Proposed-Plan-Ceiling.pdf (200.8 KB)
17. Drainage-Survey-Trentabank-120224.pdf (1.5 MB)
18. P-51584-Trentabank-Visitor-Centre-Asbestos-Report.pdf (2.3 MB)

Settlement Analysis and Capacity Assessment

The Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA) is seeking a multi-disciplinary consultancy (with specialists in landscape, cultural heritage, planning and ecology) to support us, in the review of the Local Plan, to understand the capacity for development in 23 key settlements within the context of our first purpose, which is to conserve and enhance the Peak District National Park's landscape, wildlife and cultural heritage. The project comprises a desk-based analysis, site assessments (including LVIA) and settlement capacity scoring with corresponding outputs at each stage. The final document will be a map (GIS) and text-based settlement landscape sensitivity and capacty assessment for each settlement.

Authority contact is Adele Metcalfe, Policy and Communities Team Manager, email to adele.metcalfe@peakdistrict.gov.uk.

Contract location: Various locations within the Peak District National Park
Contract value: Estimated maximum value is £60,000 including VAT
Publication date: Fri 2 May 2025
Closing date: Fri 23 May 2025
Notice type: opportunity
Notice status: open

Associated documents

1. Specification-Brief-and-ITT-PDNPA-settlement-analysis-and-capacity-assessments-FINAL-3-May-2025.pdf (276.3 KB)
2. Appendix-1-Form-of-Tender.docx (27.9 KB)
3. Appendix-2-Non-Collusive-Tendering-Certificate.docx (16.9 KB)
4. Appendix-3-Standard-Consultancy-Contract.V2.1.pdf (187.1 KB)

Retail Management and Merchandising Services for the Peak District National Park Authority

The Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA) seeks to engage a retail management and merchandising service provider to manage and oversee retail operations across multiple locations within the Peak District National Park. The scope of this tender focuses on the efficient and effective management of retail provisions, with a particular emphasis on environmental sustainability, product selection, stock management, distribution, and customer experience.

The successful bidder will be expected to contribute to the growth and development of the retail sector within the PDNPA services, ensuring alignment with the area's ethos, sustainability goals, and business objectives, along with the wider PDNPA management plan.

Authority contact is Daniel Smart, Business Change Manager, email to daniel.smart@peakdistrict.gov.uk.

Contract location: Various locations within the Peak District National Park
Contract value: Lowest contract value £20,000 excluding VAT
Publication date: Thu 24 Apr 2025
Closing date: Mon 19 May 2025
Notice type: opportunity
Notice status: open

Associated documents

1. Section-1-brief-retail-management-and-merchandising-services.pdf (216.7 KB)
2. Section-2-instructions-on-submitting-a-tender-retail-management-and-merchandising-services.pdf (189.0 KB)
3. APPENDIX-1-Form-of-Tender-retail-management-services.docx (31.5 KB)
4. APPENDIX-2-Tender-Questionnaire-retail-management.docx (42.0 KB)
5. APPENDIX-3-Non-Collusive-Tendering-Certificate-retail-management.docx (16.6 KB)
6. APPENDIX-4-Form-of-contract-retail-management.pdf (116.9 KB)
7. APPENDIX-5-contract-terms-and-conditions-retail-management.pdf (116.2 KB)

MORRIDGE HILL COUNTRY LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE PACKAGE

The Authority is looking to engage legal support in its development phase of a Landscape Recovery Project. We require legal and governance advice to allow us to develop a plan to progress into a 20+ year implementation phase with a delivery plan for landscape scale interventions working with 20+ land managers and land owners across 2900ha of the South West Peak.

Authority contact is Jackie Wragg, Morridge Hill Country Project Manager, email to jackie.wragg@peakdistrict.gov.uk.

Contract location: Home working
Contract value: £42,000
Publication date: Mon 24 Mar 2025
Closing date: Wed 9 Apr 2025
Notice type: opportunity
Notice status: open

Associated documents

1. Section-1-Legal-Workstream-Brief.pdf (162.8 KB)
2. APPENDIX-1-Form-of-Tender.docx (30.5 KB)
3. APPENDIX-2-Tender-Questionnaire.docx (41.9 KB)
4. APPENDIX-3-Non-Collusive-Tendering-Certificate.docx (16.6 KB)
5. APPENDIX-4-Form-of-contract.pdf (113.8 KB)
6. APPENDIX-5-terms-and-conditions-no-site-services.pdf (103.4 KB)
7. Section-2-Instructions-on-submitting-a-tender.pdf (163.7 KB)
8. Morridge-Hill-Legal-Support-Tender-Queries-and-Answers.pdf (129.6 KB)

3 year lease for provision of a refreshment service at Tissington Station

The Peak District National Park Authority wishes to provide for visitors to Tissington Station and Tissington Trail, a refreshment service that supports the local economy in a variety of ways.

The Tissington Trail is a very popular multi-user recreational trail which extends for 13 miles from Mapleton Lane, Ashbourne to Parsley Hay. The trail is used by cyclists, walkers and horse riders and is popular with locals and tourists.

Tissington car park is situated on the Tissington Trail, just outside Tissington village and provides a popular focus for visitors to this area of the White Peak. There are parking spaces for around 60 cars and picnic table facilities. The car park is popular for visitors to the trail and village of Tissington itself and can cater for up to 300 visitors in any one day over the high period.

We want to ensure that our visitors have a great experience with us and we ask that our Refreshment Rooms meet the same standards to keep all uses safe and to protect the special places we look after.

Tenders are invited for the sale of refreshments during the hours of daylight only at the Refreshment Rooms, Tissington Station. The succesful tenderer will be offered a lease from 1st April 2025 until 31 March 2028 providing that the Authority is satisfied with regard to standards of provision and presentation, to be monitored through spot checks conducted by the Authority and reviewed periodically at meetings between representatives of the Authority and the lessee compliance with the conditions of the lease during this term.

To register your interest and receive a full tender pack please:

1. Email catherine.johnson@peakdistrict.gov.uk including the reference TS/2025-28 in the subject line.
2. Include full contact and company details.

Upon registering interest, your details will be added to the circulation list for receiving tender updates and clarifications.

Please be advised that the closing date for tender submission is noon on Tuesday 6 May 2025. Tenders received after this deadline will not be accepted.

Contract location: Tissington car park
Contract value:
Publication date: Thu 6 Mar 2025
Closing date: Tue 6 May 2025
Notice type: opportunity
Notice status: open

Associated documents

1. 1.-Invitation-To-Tender-Tissington-Station-.docx (939.5 KB)

Digitisation Project 2025

To digitise and preserve the Authority's historic paper planning records, dating back to the inception of the National Park. If you have any questions about this tender, please contact Natalie Banks-Siddons, Project Officer (Digital Projects), via email: Natalie.Banks-Siddons@peakdistrict.gov.uk

Contract location: Desk based and various locations in the Peak District National Park
Contract value: Minimum £60,000
Publication date: Thu 20 Feb 2025
Closing date: Fri 14 Mar 2025
Notice type: opportunity
Notice status: open

Associated documents

1. 01-Specification-for-Tender-Digitalisation-Project.pdf (852.8 KB)
2. 02-Tender-Submission-Requirements-and-Conditions-of-Tender.pdf (342.5 KB)
3. Appendix-1-Tender-Questionnaire-Digitalisation-Project.docx (138.8 KB)
4. Appendix-2-Form-of-Tender-Digitalisation-Project-ITT.doc (30.0 KB)
5. Appendix-3-Non-Collusive-Tendering-Certificate.docx (16.5 KB)
6. Appendix-4-contract-terms-and-conditions.doc (60.5 KB)
7. Appendix-5-confidentiality-agreement-digital-project-ITT.doc (246.5 KB)
8. Appendix-6-Site-Plan.pdf (511.5 KB)
9. Appendix-7-Data-Protection-Policy-V1.2.pdf (287.1 KB)
10. Appendix-8-CSV-index-for-metadata.csv (5.6 KB)
11. Anti-Fraud-and-Corruption-Policy.pdf (196.6 KB)
12. Clarification-Document-06-03-2025.pdf (125.0 KB)

SEC: PDNPA/JAN 2025

The Authority is looking to engage a security system maintenance company to provide a full maintenance package for fire and intruder alarm systems along with access control and CCTV maintenance. The contract term will be for 3 years (with an option on mutual agreement to extend for 1 year). A full tender pack including details of the scope can be obtained once an expression of interest is received by emailing Catherine.johnson@peakdistrict.gov.uk and requesting the tender pack reference SEC: PDNPA/JAN 2025. Given the nature of the tender, a signed confidentiality agreement will be required before the Tender documentation is released.

Contract location: Various sites within the Peak District National Park
Contract value: £26,000
Publication date: Mon 3 Feb 2025
Closing date: Fri 28 Feb 2025
Notice type: opportunity
Notice status: open