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New Learner Pool at Didcot Wave Leisure Centre

South Oxfordshire District Council

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01 Sep 2026 at 09:00

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Summary of the contracting process

South Oxfordshire District Council procured professional architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services for the new learner pool at Didcot Wave Leisure Centre. The requirement was to refine the pool design, improve cost certainty and maintain project momentum so that, if later stages were approved, delivery could progress in time to protect Section 106 funding. The work is located in Oxfordshire and relates to the council’s leisure-centre development programme. This is a services opportunity focused on design development and project cost assurance rather than construction delivery itself. The selected supplier was Alliance Leisure Services Limited, a large UK company based in Bristol, indicating a requirement delivered by a specialist leisure development or built-environment services provider.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a limited call-off under an existing framework agreement, without a separate prior competition notice. The award procedure followed the framework’s award mechanism under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The single lot was recorded as cancelled, while the related award was active and the contract was active. Alliance Leisure Services Limited received the award. The contract value is £200,000 including the stated currency of GBP. The contract was signed on 6 July 2026. One bid was received, submitted electronically, and it was not from an SME. The stated award criterion was price. The process was covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The requirement also concerned maintaining progress before Section 106 funding expires in October 2027.

For suppliers that did not secure this contract, the procurement demonstrates demand from South Oxfordshire District Council for specialist support in developing leisure-facility projects. A credible future competitor would need to refine designs for learner pools or comparable public leisure facilities, provide dependable cost certainty, and help a council maintain delivery momentum through approval and funding constraints. Experience coordinating design, construction and engineering inputs would be relevant, as would the ability to work through an established public-sector framework and follow its call-off award mechanism. Suppliers should be able to compete primarily on price while demonstrating the technical capability and capacity to support a substantial leisure development requirement. The appointed provider’s scale also indicates that a business pursuing similar work should be able to manage a sizeable, multi-disciplinary council project.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

New Learner Pool at Didcot Wave Leisure Centre

Notice Description

To refine the design of the new learner pool. Achieving greater cost certainty for the project. Maintaining momentum on the project to ensure that should the next stages be approved, the project has the best chance of being delivered in time to avoid loss of Section 106 funding allocated to the project (expires in October 2027).

Lot Information

Lot 1

To refine the design of the new learner pool. Achieving greater cost certainty for the project. Maintaining momentum on the project to ensure that should the next stages be approved, the project has the best chance of being delivered in time to avoid loss of Section 106 funding allocated to the project (expires in October 2027).

Procurement Information

The contract has been awarded under the terms of an existing framework agreement that was established in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The call-off contract was awarded in accordance with the framework's award mechanism and no separate contract notice was required. This notice has been published in accordance with FTS requirements to publish contract awards over PS30k

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ef23
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082439-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£200,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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
South Oxfordshire District Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ABINGDON
Postcode
OX14 3JE
Postcode Area
Oxford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Local Authority
Vale of White Horse
Electoral Ward
Abingdon Abbey Northcourt
Westminster Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Alliance Leisure Services Ltd

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