Notice Information
Notice Title
Tender for the Provision of Sport and Leisure Services in Sheffield
Notice Description
The Council is seeking to procure an experienced and qualified operator to manage selected Leisure Centres, Golf Courses, The English Institute of Sport and Ice Sheffield venue within the City. This is an exciting opportunity for an organisation to partner with the Council to manage key sporting and Leisure facilities within the City. The Leisure facilities in scope are as follows: From January 2025(current Trust arrangement to dissolve December 2024). Ponds Forge International Sports Centre English Institute of Sport Ice Sheffield Hillsborough Leisure Centre Concord Sports Centre Springs Leisure Centre Heeley Pool and Gym Beauchief Golf Course Birley Wood Golf Course - with the option by the Authority to remove this course if required Tinsley Golf Course From April 2026 (these are currently under a separate third-party operator until March 26) Graves Health and Sports Centre Thorncliffe Health and Leisure Centre Wisewood Sports Centre
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Council is seeking to procure an experienced and qualified operator to manage selected Leisure Centres, Golf Courses, The English Institute of Sport and Ice Sheffield venue within the City. This is an exciting opportunity for an organisation to partner with the Council to manage key sporting and Leisure facilities within the City. The Leisure facilities in scope are as follows: From January 2025(current Trust arrangement to dissolve December 2024). Ponds Forge International Sports Centre English Institute of Sport Ice Sheffield Hillsborough Leisure Centre Concord Sports Centre Springs Leisure Centre Heeley Pool and Gym Beauchief Golf Course Birley Wood Golf Course - with the option by the Authority to remove this course if required Tinsley Golf Course From April 2026 (these are currently under a separate third-party operator until March 26) Graves Health and Sports Centre Thorncliffe Health and Leisure Centre Wisewood Sports Centre The Operator will be expected to commit to the Partnership Approach and recognise the importance of working collaboratively with the Authority in delivering the Services. The Council has provisionally secured cPS100m of capital funding to invest into the Leisure Estate with proposals over the term to replace three major Leisure facilities in the City - Hillsborough, Concord and Springs - and make improvements to Ponds Forge. Please also note that the estimated contract value is based on the estimated facilities turnover across the maximum contract term.
Options: 1. Fully priced Base Bid Investment Portfolio ISIT response based on the Services Specification and the Council's planned investments. This should be based on the core requirements and will be used to evaluate ISIT submissions. 2. Fully priced Base Bid Existing Portfolio ISIT response based on the Services Specification but excluding the Council's planned investments. This should otherwise be based on the core requirements and will be used to evaluate ISIT submissions. 3. Mandatory variant Investment Portfolio - Fully priced mandatory variant to the Investment Portfolio ISIT response based on a 15-year initial contract term (not evaluated but part of the negotiation stage). 4. Mandatory variant Existing Portfolio - Fully priced mandatory variant to the Existing Portfolio ISIT response based on a 15-year initial contract term (not evaluated but part of the negotiation stage).
Renewal: At the end of this contract term.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03dd43
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008867-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
45 - Construction work
50 - Repair and maintenance services
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
70 - Real estate services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
-
- CPV Codes
39222000 - Catering supplies
45112721 - Landscaping work for golf courses
45212290 - Repair and maintenance work in connection with sports facilities
45236111 - Flatwork for golf course
50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
55520000 - Catering services
70332200 - Commercial property management services
79993000 - Building and facilities management services
79993100 - Facilities management services
92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
92610000 - Sports facilities operation services
92622000 - Sports-event organisation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £420,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £420,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £378,000,000 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Aug 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 5 Dec 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Paula Martin
- Contact Email
- paula.martin@sheffield.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1142735624
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S1 2HH
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE32 Sheffield
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Sheffield
- Electoral Ward
- City
- Westminster Constituency
- Sheffield Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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