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Salford City Council – Record of
Decision
 
I Councillor Youd, Lead Member
for Finance and Support Services and chairman of the Procurement
Board, accept the recommendation of the Procurement Board and in
exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do
hereby approve:
 
·    
the Award of Contract for the construction of three
PlayZones under the Football Foundation PlayZones Programme, as
detailed in the table below:

Detail required

Answers

Title/Description of Contracted
Service/Supply/Project

Salford Playzones

Procurement Reference numbers (DN and CR
number supplied by Procurement)

S1864

Name of Successful
Contractor

Support in Sport (UK) Limited

Supplier Registration Number

(to be supplied by Procurement

04174873

Proclass Classification No.

(to be completed by
procurement)

291400

Type of organisation

(to be supplied by
Procurement)

Private Limited Company

Status of Organisation

(to be supplied by
Procurement)

SME

Contract Value (£)

£ 533,890.46

Total contract value £ (including
extensions)

£ 533,890.46

Contract Duration

5 months

Contract Start Date

01/12/2025

Contract End Date

30/04/2026

Optional Extension Period 1

1 month

Optional Extension Period 2

1 month

Who will approve each Extension
Period?

Executive Director (extension <
£150k)

Contact Officer (Name &
number)

Ian Worsley 07548 949151

 

 

 

Lead Service
Group

Place

How the contract was
procured?
(to be supplied by
procurement)

Other

Framework Details (where
applicable)
(procurement body, framework
reference & title, start/ end date

Football Foundation
-
PlayZones Framework

Funding
Source

Combination of Above (please detail
below)

Ethical Contractor (EC):
Mayor’s Employment Charter

No
 

EC: Committed to sign The
Mayor’s Employment Charter

No
 
 

EC: Committed to the principles
outlined in the Mayor’s Employment
charter

No
 

EC: Accredited Living Wage
Employer

No
 

EC: Committed to becoming
Accredited Living wage Employer

No
?

 
 
The Reasons are:
A
grant offer has been received from the Football Foundation on
behalf of the Premier League, The FA and Government for the
establishment of Playzones at the following locations:
·    
Ordsall Park.
·    
Patricroft Recreation Ground.
·    
St. Simon Street.
 
The
Football Foundation has conducted a tender process via EDGE
consultancy in accordance with its national framework, compliant
with the Public Procurement Regulations 2015. Following evaluation,
Support in Sport UK Ltd (SIS) has been 
recommended for contract award.
 
Under
the terms of the grant award, Salford City Council is required to
accept both the grant conditions and the call-off contract terms,
which are based on the JCT Minor Works Building Contract. Although
the Football Foundation managed the tender process through its
national framework, the Council remains the grant beneficiary and
acts as the client for the works. In accordance with the grant
offer’s terms and conditions, the formal contract will be
established between Salford City Council and the appointed
contractor, Support in Sport (UK) Ltd. Labosport, a FIFA-registered
consultancy, will oversee and administer the works on a
site-by-site basis..
 
Options considered and rejected were: Rejection of the grant offer and non-award of
contract.
 
Assessment of Risk: Medium – The works will be
funded through a grant from the Football Foundation covering 75% of
the construction cost, with the remaining 25% provided via the
Council’s approved Capital Programme. For Ordsall Park
specifically, the 25% match funding will be sourced from the
2025/26 UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which requires the allocated
funds be committed within the current financial year.
 
The source of funding
is:
 

Venue

Football Foundation grant (75%)

Capital Programme (25%)

Total

SCC
Funding source

Ordsall
Park

£118,393.40

£39,464.47

£157,857.870

Capital programme -
Section 106 Ref: 408

Patricroft
Recreation
Ground

£120,252.33

£40,084.11

£160,336.44

Capital Programme -
Section 106 Ref: 374

St Simon
Street

£161,772.11

£53,924.04

£215,696.15

UKSPF grant
award.

TOTALS

£400,417.84

£133,472.62

£533,890.46

 
Legal Advice obtained: Supplied by: The Shared Legal
Service
The
procurement process referred to in the body of the report has been
undertaken in line with and the Council’s own Contractual
Standing Orders and the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) (which
are the applicable legislation in force at the time the framework
was set up) as the Football Foundation invited tenders in
accordance with their national framework which is compliant with
PCR which is a condition of the Football Foundation grant award and
their national framework agreement.
 
It
is a requirement of the terms and condition of the external grant
award from the Football Foundation that the Council are required to
accept the terms and conditions of the grant  funding agreement (effectively a back-to-back
agreement which flows down the agreed terms to the Council), which
must be adhered to in the event that there are clawback provisions
for failure to comply, and grant agreement terms will often refer
to/incorporate milestones, grant purposes, completion dates,
compliance with PCR etc. including in this instance the acceptance
of both the grant award terms, and the JCT call-off contract
terms.
 
It
is important that the Council complies with any other terms of the
Football Foundation grant funding agreement (in particular ensuring
that the fund is only used for eligible expenditure) and any
timescales around expenditure and reporting are adhered to,
otherwise the Council may be at risk of the Football Foundation
seeking clawback of the funding for failure to comply. The Shared
Legal Service will be happy to review the funding agreement and JCT
contract if required upon receipt of instructions.
 
Some
of the funding in the report refers to s106 funds. The expenditure
must be in accordance with the terms of the relevant planning
obligations. Should the Council allocate S106 funding outside of
the conditions within the agreements, or outside the timescales, or
in breach of applicable Regulations, a developer may challenge that
decision and claim back contributions.
 
Financial Advice
obtained: Submitted
by:  Adam Mozley, Accountant,
24.10.2025
This report is
requesting tender approval for Support in Sport (UK) Limited for
the construction of Playzones at Ordsall Park, Patricroft
Recreation Ground & St Simon Street. The total costs of the
construction of Playzones comes to a total of £533,890.46 and
is funded by the following:
 

Venue

Football Foundation grant (75%)

Capital Programme (25%)

Total

SCC
Funding source

Ordsall
Park

£118,393.40

£39,464.47

£157,857.87

Section 106 funding
Ref 408, approved 11.9.2024

Patricroft
Recreation
Ground

£120,252.33

£40,084.11

£160,336.44

Section 106 funding
ref 374, approved 11.09.2024

St Simon
Street

£161,772.11

£53,924.04

£215,696.15

UKSPF grant award.
This funding must be spent by 31.03.2026.

TOTALS

£400,417.84

£133,472.62

£533,890.46

 
The Football
Foundation has provided Salford City Council a capital grant offer
of 75% towards the project costs of the Playzones. The remaining
25% of costs will be funded by the approved Section 106 allocation
and the approved UKSPF grant award, which is currently sat within
the Environment capital programme.
 
The Football
Foundation grant and UKSPF funding are subject to terms and
conditions which Salford City Council is required to adhere to.
Non-compliance with these terms and conditions may result in the
withdrawal or clawback of the allocated funding, which poses a
financial risk towards the projects.
 
Revenue implications:
Ethan Bestwick, Accountant, 27.11.2025
The maintenance costs for these play zones are estimated at
£5,115 per annum. The maintenance works will be carried out
by the existing grounds maintenance team. A corporate provision
exists for the upkeep of new park capital schemes, which we intend
to utilise. As such, this project will have no adverse impact on
the revenue account.
 
HR Advice obtained:
N/A.
 
Climate Change Implications
obtained: N/A.
 
The following documents have
been used to assist the decision process:
·    
Report of The Executive Director Place.
 
Contact Officer: Ian Worsley
Telephone number: 07977 508767
 
·    
This matter is also subject to consideration by the
Lead Member for Neighbourhoods, Environment and Community Safety.
The Lead Member has been consulted and is supportive of the
proposed contract.
 
·    
The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the
decision is the Overview and Scrutiny Board
 
 

Signed:    Cllr J
Youd         Dated:    12 January
2026.
         
    Lead Member
 

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*         This
decision was published on 13
January 2026
*         This
decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 20 January 2026 unless it is called-in in accordance
with the Decision Making Process Rules.