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title: "Agency Agreement Award"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06edaa"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Cherwell District Council"
published: "2026-08-27"
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# Agency Agreement Award

Buyer: Cherwell District Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06edaa

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## Summary

Cherwell District Council procured an agency agreement for leisure, recreational and sporting services. The arrangement shifts specified services from the existing service model to an agency model, with the appointed supplier acting as the council’s agent. The requirement includes repair and maintenance work connected with sports facilities, alongside the operation or provision of recreational, cultural and sporting services. Delivery covers the United Kingdom. The procurement concerns one completed requirement and is associated with the council’s wider leisure service arrangements. It is relevant to organisations able to manage public leisure services and related sports-facility maintenance on behalf of a local authority, particularly where they can operate under an agency relationship rather than only provide individual maintenance or activity services.

The procurement has been awarded through a completed direct award. Parkwood Leisure Limited was selected as the supplier for the single lot. The recorded award value is £38,019,604 excluding VAT and £47,524,505 including VAT. The award record is marked pending, with signature scheduled by 18 September 2026. The contract period runs from 1 November 2026 to 1 December 2034. The direct award implements a variation that removes specified services from the existing arrangement and awards those services to Parkwood Leisure Limited as agent. The stated rationale is that the agency agreement changes the service delivery model; the procurement is treated as a concession. A possible local-government reorganisation is identified as a risk to future arrangements.

This award demonstrates a substantial, long-term requirement from Cherwell District Council for an operator able to deliver leisure and sporting services while managing associated sports-facility repair and maintenance. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need experience in public-sector leisure operations, facilities management and planned or reactive maintenance, with the organisational capacity to act as the council’s agent. The successful supplier’s scale indicates that the council’s model can suit larger integrated operators rather than businesses offering only a narrow technical service. Relevant capability would include coordinating multiple service elements, managing public-facing recreational provision, maintaining sports assets and working within a local-authority governance and performance framework. Experience transferring services into an agency model would also strengthen a future proposition.

## Notice

Agency Agreement Award - This Transparency notice is with regard to a direct award of an Agency Agreement, shifting the current services provided by the supplier to an agency model. The removed services are thus awarded to the supplier to perform as an agent.

### Procurement Information

A variation is to be entered into. This variation removes the delivery of specified services, the estimated value of this variation is PS47,524,505. This Transparency notice is with regard to a direct award of an Agency Agreement, shifting the current services provided by the supplier to an agency model. The removed services are thus awarded to the supplier to perform as an agent. A previous Notice was published for this project - ocds-h6vhtk-06e3a6 The supplier is to act as an agent of Cherwell District Council. The value of this direct award is estimated to be PS47,524,505 - the same amount as above. The overall contract still has the same expiry date as the original contract that was put in place.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081802-2026 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2026 - 1 Dec 2034 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £38,019,604 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Cherwell District Council |
| Locality | BODICOTE |
| Postcode area | Oxford |
| Postcode | OX15 4AA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC |
| Local authority | Cherwell |
| Electoral ward | Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote |
| Westminster constituency | Banbury |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Parkwood Leisure Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work
- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 45212290 - Repair and maintenance work in connection with sports facilities
- 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

## Release History

- 27 Aug 2026 at 14:28 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081802-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081802-2026
  27th August 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.parkwoodleisure.co.uk/

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