Notice Information
Notice Title
Tender for the provisioning of a Leisure Centre Operator
Notice Description
Southend-on-Sea City Council (the Council) are seeking electronic tender responses as part of a competitive procurement process, to appoint a qualified Operator to run a number of the leisure centres around the city. The Tender Documents can be accessed via: https://procurement.southend.gov.uk/southend/portal.nsf/index.htm The deadline for receipt of clarification requests relating to the Tender Documents is: 14:00 Friday 21st March 2025 The deadline for submission of Tender Responses is: 14:00 Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Lot Information
Lot 1
Southend-on-Sea City Council (the Council) are seeking electronic tender responses as part of a competitive procurement process, to appoint an Operator to run a number of the leisure centres around the city. The leisure centres and all they offer, provide an integral part of our cultural offer. They play an important role across the city, through the provision of physical activities, relaxation, and stimulation of the mind. All this helps make the city an attractive place to be. Through the running of the leisure centres, the Council is looking to work in partnership with the Operator to support the delivery of the Council's policies and objectives for leisure services, focussing on: * Improving the health of residents, by encouraging and providing opportunities to be more active, more often; * Tackling inactivity in priority groups and areas; and * Ensuring that the people of the city receive, and can access, quality services, which meet their needs at affordable prices. The Operator will be required to work in partnership with local schools, clubs, and voluntary organisations to use sport and physical activity to improve health and wellbeing across the city. The Council will not be prescriptive about the programmes and methods of service delivery used by the Operator and recognises the need for both parties to be flexible and creative. This is an excellent opportunity to work in partnership for the benefit of all parties, with a focus on the community. The Operator will be empowered to maximise income by increasing usage directly by providing customers with the required service at a fair price. The organisation appointed as the Operator, will gain valuable knowledge on the services provided within the leisure centres and the importance of the leisure centres to the city, during an important time of change for the county. All requirements and detail relating to the proposed Contract such as reporting, legislative compliance, record keeping, data protection, social value and contract management are covered as part of the Tender Documents. The Minimum Level Requirements of the procurement process are covered in detail in the Tender Documents provided. This includes, but is not limited to, the TUPE NDA, CIMSPA membership or equivalent, the clarification request process, the required documentation to be submitted for a compliant tender response, minimum score requirements, levels of insurance and all other mandatory selection and award requirements. All elements relating to the evaluation methodology, including all aspects which are "scored" or "pass / fail", are explained within the documentation provided as part of the procurement process. The Tender Documents can be accessed via: https://procurement.southend.gov.uk/southend/portal.nsf/index.htm The deadline for receipt of clarification requests relating to the Tender Documents is: 14:00 Friday 21st March 2025 The deadline for submission of tender responses is: 14:00 Wednesday 2nd April 2025 The proposed related contract is 3 years from the Service Transfer Date (01/07/2025), with an additional number of weeks added to this 3-year period. These additional weeks will be designated as the lead in period.
Options: The potential contract is able to be compliantly modified in line with the provisions of the amended Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (including but not limited to Regulation 72).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04dce4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004218-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
92600000 - Sporting services
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Apr 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2025 - 30 Jun 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOUTHEND-ON-SEA CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Corporate Procurement
- Contact Email
- procurementadvisors@southend.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1702215000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
- Postcode
- SS2 6ER
- Post Town
- Southend-on-Sea
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH31 Southend-on-Sea
- Delivery Location
- TLH31 Southend-on-Sea
-
- Local Authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Electoral Ward
- Victoria
- Westminster Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
Further Information
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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