Notice Information
Notice Title
ESPH - Wealden District Council Leisure Consultancy Support (ESPH683) - AWARD
Notice Description
Wealden District Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Leisure Management Consultant to support the re-procurement of a new Leisure Operator for the district. Wealden has three leisure centres located in Crowborough, Hailsham and Uckfield. The current leisure management contract with Freedom Leisure, expires on the 31 March 2027. The purpose of the specialist Leisure Consultant is to provide pre-procurement support, provide advice and support in developing procurement documentation, provide support and guidance to the Council's project team, and the production of the Leisure Operator Contract. We will be looking for the Consultant to: * Develop an outcome-based leisure operator contract to demonstrably support the achievement of local strategic outcomes * Support the procurement process and develop a procurement strategy to ensure appropriate documentation is available for tendering, through to the selection and appointment of an operator to deliver the new contract from 1 April 2027. This procurement is being undertaken as a mini-competition under the Sport England Active Environments Framework: Lot A ' Strategic Outcomes Planning and Leisure Services Delivery. Full information on the Council's requirements are included in the further competition documents.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-fd9f0e20-427c-438e-9be3-68ae4bc5de65
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/63658345-89d9-443b-a7e9-e5dc92439449
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Other -
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
73220000 - Development consultancy services
79418000 - Procurement consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £62,870 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Sep 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Apr 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Apr 202511 months ago
- Contract Period
- 20 Apr 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EAST SUSSEX
- Postcode
- BN27 2AX
- Post Town
- Brighton
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ22 East Sussex CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
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- Local Authority
- Wealden
- Electoral Ward
- Hailsham Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Sussex Weald
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/63658345-89d9-443b-a7e9-e5dc92439449
9th September 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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