--- title: "RUG - Pre Market Engagement for Brandon Stadium Future" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-079520" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-079520" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-079520.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-079520.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "RUGBY BOROUGH COUNCIL" published: "2026-11-02" --- # RUG - Pre Market Engagement for Brandon Stadium Future Buyer: RUGBY BOROUGH COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-079520 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-079520) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-079520.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103544-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Nov 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2028 | | 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 | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | RUGBY BOROUGH COUNCIL | | Locality | RUGBY | | Postcode area | Coventry | | Postcode | CV21 2RR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | | ITL 3 | TLG13 Warwickshire CC | | Local authority | Rugby | | Electoral ward | Benn | | Westminster constituency | Rugby | | Delivery location | TLG13 Warwickshire CC | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services ### Codes - 92610000 - Sports facilities operation services - 92621000 - Sports-event promotion services - 92622000 - Sports-event organisation services ## Release History - 2 Nov 2026 at 09:32 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103544-2026 - 2 Nov 2026 at 09:17 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103532-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103544-2026 2nd November 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103532-2026 2nd November 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.csw-jets.co.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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