--- title: "Leisure and Culture Services Management Contract" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-046d01" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-046d01" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046d01.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046d01.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE" published: "2024-06-03" --- # Leisure and Culture Services Management Contract Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-046d01 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-046d01) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046d01.json) ## Summary The London Borough of Redbridge is planning a tender for a Leisure and Culture Services Management Contract in the recreation, cultural, and sporting services industry. The current contract expires in April 2026, with a management fee of approximately £11m in 2024/25. The opportunity involves managing parks, leisure centres, libraries, culture venues, and associated assets. The procurement process is at the planning stage, and potential bidders can expect the future notice date for communication to be on April 1, 2025. This tender by the London Borough of Redbridge presents a promising opportunity for businesses in the leisure and culture sector. Companies skilled in managing recreational facilities, libraries, parks, and culture venues would be well-suited to compete. The contract offers scope for long-term growth, potential asset investment to enhance services, and consortium bidding options. Businesses interested in delivering comprehensive services across leisure, libraries, parks, and culture should consider engaging with the buying organisation to explore potential collaborations and tailored bidding strategies. ## Notice The London Borough of Redbridge currently has a single contract for the delivery of Leisure, Libraries, Parks and Culture and the management of the associated assets. The current contract with our provider expires in April 2026 and we are considering our options post 2026 and conducting a formal market engagement exercise. The current contract provides for a management fee of around PS11m in 24/25 with a total value of the services provided around PS21m. ### Lot Information Lot 1 PIN notice The London Borough of Redbridge currently has a single contract for the delivery of Leisure, Libraries, Parks and Culture and the management of the associated assets. The current contract with our provider expires in April 2026 and we are considering our options post 2026 and conducting a formal market engagement exercise. The current contract provides for a management fee of around PS11m in 24/25 with a total value of the services provided around PS21m. Our services: Parks Management and maintenance of our 53 parks and green spaces management including two large Country Parks in Hainault and Fairlop. Management of those spaces includes managing park hires for events and sporting use in our parks. The events team also manages a number of civic events on behalf of the Council. Our current provider also manages a small Nature Conservation team. Leisure Management of four Leisure centres (three of which have pools with a fourth being constructed), two gyms that sit within combined Gym / Library sites, two sports stadiums with athletics tracks and provision for football and other sports (one of which includes a gym), a cycle centre and a water-based Outdoor Activity Centre. In addition to the fourth indoor pool being constructed at Wanstead Leisure Centre, we have plans to build a heated Lido in Valentines Park which may open later next year. Libraries 11 libraries across the borough ranging from a few much smaller sites to Central Library in Ilford, which is one of the busier local authority libraries in London. Central Library also includes the Redbridge Museum and the heritage and archives service. As well as providing for the delivery of a full a comprehensive library service, our libraries also have significant amounts of hireable room space compared to many other authorities. Culture The Kenneth More Theatre in Ilford, the Redbridge Music Service, Redbridge Drama Centre, Valentines Mansion (a heritage site open to the public and a wedding venue). Valentines Mansion, along with part of the Town Hall and the Sir James Hawkey Hall are part of a number of buildings which are hired out for events to generate income. We are keen to speak to potential providers across the leisure and culture market to answer the questions set out below. Please contact Rose Urban via email: rose.urban@redbridge.gov.uk to arrange an appointment with the team here. Please consider these questions which we explore when we talk to providers: Based on the above outline of services, in four key service groupings of Leisure, Libraries, Parks and Culture, if a tender were to go out for all these services in a single package would you be interest in bidding? If not would you be interested if the opportunity were available to bid to run some but not all of these service groupings? If so, which groups of services would you be interested in bidding for? Please consider, and explain, if you would consider the opportunity as part of a consortium and if so which service areas you might consider? What would be your preferred length of contract, 5, 10 or 15 years and why? Would you be able to bring capital investment into the assets to improve services? If you did that how would you seek to achieve a return on investment? Renewal: Potential to renewal following contract duration. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017167-2024 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 3 Jun 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Mar 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE | | Locality | ILFORD | | Post town | Ilford | | Postcode | IG1 1NN | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East | | ITL 3 | TLI53 Redbridge and Waltham Forest | | Local authority | Redbridge | | Electoral ward | Ilford Town | | Westminster constituency | Ilford South | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services ### Codes - 77310000 - Planting and maintenance services of green areas - 79995000 - Library management services - 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services ## Release History - 3 Jun 2024 at 14:08 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017167-2024 ## Notice URLs - http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/ - https://www.londontenders.org/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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