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title: "Leisure AGP maintenance"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07958a"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "Wirral Council"
published: "2026-11-02"
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# Leisure AGP maintenance

Buyer: Wirral Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07958a

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## Summary

Wirral Council is seeking maintenance of the artificial grass pitches serving its leisure facilities across the borough. The work covers four full-size 11-a-side 4G football pitches and 14 smaller-sided 3G caged pitches at five of the council’s six leisure centres. These heavily used outdoor sports areas need upkeep to support the council’s delivery of the Football Foundation (FA) play pitch strategy. The requirement is a sports-field maintenance service (CPV 77320000), rather than general leisure-centre management. Delivery is in Wirral, England. The council also manages a football community hub, two municipal golf courses and a water sports centre, but the specified maintenance requirement concerns the football pitches.

Wirral Council invited tenders through an open competition. The tender deadline set was 23 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC; clarification questions were due by 16 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC. Bids and clarification questions were to be submitted through The Chest procurement platform. The contract period is 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2029. The estimated value is £30,240 excluding VAT (£36,288 including VAT). There is one lot, which is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses. Evaluation is weighted 60% quality and 40% price. Quality comprises methodology (25%), health and safety (15%), environment and waste (10%), and assurance of meeting deadlines (10%); further detail is set out in the bidder response document.

This opportunity suits specialist sports-surface and artificial-grass maintenance providers with the capability to maintain a portfolio of 18 well-used football pitches across multiple leisure-centre sites. Suppliers should be prepared to explain a robust maintenance methodology, how they will manage health and safety, and how their approach addresses environmental performance and waste. They will also need to demonstrate reliable scheduling and the capacity to meet maintenance deadlines across the sites. The quality weighting makes these delivery plans commercially important alongside price. The council marks the single lot as suitable for SMEs, so smaller specialist contractors may be well placed to compete if they can resource work across the full pitch portfolio and provide a credible plan for consistent upkeep.

## Notice

Wirral Council's Leisure Services are responsible for the management of 6 leisure centres, 1 Football Community hub, 2 municipal golf courses and a Water sports centre providing a range of sports and leisure facilities to the residents and visitors to the Borough. Of the 6 Leisure centres, 5 have outside sport areas consisting of 4 11-aside 4G football pitches and 14 short sided 3G caged football pitches. All of which are well played on and require maintenance enabling Wirral Leisure Services to execute the play pitch strategy set by the Football Foundation (FA).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103711-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 23 Nov 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Feb 2027 - 31 Jan 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £30,240 |
| Lots value | £30,240 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Wirral Council |
| Locality | WALLASEY |
| Postcode area | Chester |
| Postcode | CH44 8ED |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD74 Wirral |
| Local authority | Wirral |
| Electoral ward | Seacombe |
| Westminster constituency | Wallasey |
| Delivery location | TLD74 Wirral |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

### Codes

- 77320000 - Sports fields maintenance services

## Release History

- 2 Nov 2026 at 12:43 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103711-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103711-2026
  2nd November 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com/register
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

## Provenance

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