Notice Information
Notice Title
Leisure Centre Provision
Notice Description
The appointment of a preferred provider by direct award to deliver outdoor and indoor leisure centre provision at Yarborough Leisure Centre and Birchwood Leisure Centre Lincoln. The award will be for a period of 24 months with effect from 1st July 2025 with the option to extend by one further period of 12 months.
Procurement Information
The direct award appointment being made is via ground 13, Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) is possible due to: (a) the goods, services or works to be supplied under the public contract are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, and (b) as a result, the public contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure. In order to justify the use of this provision the council is satisfied that the administration of the previous provider was not foreseen and that it is not in the public interest for the Leisure Centre to be shut for a significant period for the authority to undertake a competitive tendering procedure.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051a89
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029791-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
-
- CPV Codes
92610000 - Sports facilities operation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £666,666 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 21 May 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- 23 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2027 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CITY OF LINCOLN
- Contact Name
- Ms Heather Carmichael
- Contact Email
- heather.carmichael@lincoln.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1522873309
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LINCOLN
- Postcode
- LN1 1DD
- Post Town
- Lincoln
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF3 Lincolnshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF30 Lincolnshire CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Lincoln
- Electoral Ward
- Carholme
- Westminster Constituency
- Lincoln
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029791-2025
4th June 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023834-2025
21st May 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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