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RUG - Pre Market Engagement for Brandon Stadium Future

RUGBY BOROUGH COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

02 Nov 2026 at 09:32

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

02 Nov 2026 at 09:17

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Rugby Borough Council is exploring the potential restoration, operation and long-term management of Brandon Stadium for speedway, stock car racing and related community uses. The services could include operating the sports facility and promoting and organising sporting events. The purpose of the exercise is to understand whether there is credible market interest and how the stadium might be delivered and managed. The work would be based at Brandon Stadium in Rugby. The Council is seeking views from the market on potential delivery structures and the role it might play, alongside information about operating capability, funding and the commercial viability of the proposal. This is market testing, rather than a request for suppliers to submit tenders.

The process is at planning stage: Rugby Borough Council is testing the market and has not issued an invitation to tender. The Council expects to use the findings to assess appetite, viability and deliverability, as well as governance and information requirements. Its indicative contract period is 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2028, with a possible extension to 31 March 2029. The proposed procurement is one lot. No estimated contract value or budget is stated. The Council has scheduled market engagement to run until 8 January 2027; this is an engagement date, not a tender submission deadline. The exercise is intended to establish what commercial arrangements and evidence of funding could make restoration and ongoing stadium operation realistic.

This early-stage exercise is most relevant to stadium and sports-facility operators, speedway or stock-car event promoters and organisers, and organisations able to combine venue management with community use. The Council is specifically testing operator capability, funding evidence, commercial realism, governance requirements and possible delivery structures, so responses from businesses able to explain how they would restore, operate and manage the stadium over the long term should be pertinent. It may also suit small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community or social enterprises; both are identified as suitable participants for the proposed lot. Suppliers can use the market-engagement stage to help shape the Council’s understanding of viability and delivery. The scale implies a need to consider both sporting events and the stadium’s wider community role. No particular accreditation or qualification is identified.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

RUG - Pre Market Engagement for Brandon Stadium Future

Notice Description

Rugby Borough Council is undertaking Soft Market Testing to understand whether there is credible market interest in the potential restoration, operation and long-term management of Brandon Stadium for speedway, stock car racing and associated community uses. The purpose of this exercise is to gather structured market intelligence. It is intended to test market appetite, viability, deliverability, operator capability, funding evidence, commercial realism, governance requirements, potential delivery structures, information requirements and the likely role expected of the Council.

Planning Information

Please see all attached documents available from http://www.csw-jets.co.uk/ This replaces notice 2026/S 000-103532 as published with wrong email address

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-079520
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103544-2026
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
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

CPV Codes

92610000 - Sports facilities operation services

92621000 - Sports-event promotion services

92622000 - Sports-event organisation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Nov 2026Today
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2028 1-2 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
RUGBY BOROUGH COUNCIL
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
RUGBY
Postcode
CV21 2RR
Postcode Area
Coventry
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG13 Warwickshire CC
Delivery Location
TLG13 Warwickshire CC
Local Authority
Rugby
Electoral Ward
Benn
Westminster Constituency
Rugby

Further Information

Notice Documents

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