Notice Information
Notice Title
Management of Charnwood Borough Council Leisure Centres
Notice Description
The Authority is planning to undertake a Tender for the "Management of Charnwood Borough Council Leisure Centres" The Scope of the service includes Loughborough Leisure Centre, Soar Valley leisure Centre and South Charnwood Leisure Centre. The Services Specification will be based on the Sport England template, made bespoke to this project. The contract will be for a period of 7 years with an optional extension for a further 5 years
Planning Information
To test operators approach to key areas of risk which will then inform the contract and specification
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-064a48
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011029-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
-
- CPV Codes
92610000 - Sports facilities operation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £44,400,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Feb 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 16 Mar 20262 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2034 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CHARNWOOD BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- cpt@charnwood.gov.uk, procurement@star-procurement.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LOUGHBOROUGH
- Postcode
- LE11 2TX
- Post Town
- Leicester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD34 Greater Manchester South West
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Trafford
- Electoral Ward
- Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
- Westminster Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011029-2026
6th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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