Sports facilities operation services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 92610000Services · classin Recreational, cultural and sporting services

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in sports facilities operation services

3 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 71% (145 notices)
  • Education & universities 9% (18 notices)
  • Other public bodies 7% (14 notices)
  • Central government 5% (10 notices)
  • Charities 2% (4 notices)
  • Not classified 7% (14 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Birmingham City CouncilLocal authorities610
Star AcademiesEducation & universities510
Fermanagh and Omagh District CouncilLocal authorities420
Ministry of DefenceCentral government400
Rutland County CouncilLocal authorities400
Sport WalesCharities420
The Royal Parks LtdOther public bodies400
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough CouncilLocal authorities320
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole CouncilLocal authorities330
Guildford Borough CouncilLocal authorities300

138 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 165 of 206 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
South East England40 · 24%
East of England27 · 16%
East Midlands23 · 14%
West Midlands20 · 12%
North West England19 · 12%
Greater London16 · 10%
South West England15 · 9%
Wales (Cymru)12 · 7%
North East England6 · 4%
Yorkshire and the Humber5 · 3%
Scotland5 · 3%
Northern Ireland4 · 2%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 93% (192 notices)
  • Framework 5% (10 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 2% (4 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 36% (74 notices)
  • Route not published 33% (68 notices)
  • Selective 22% (45 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 9% (19 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 47% (24 notices)
  • Below threshold 53% (27 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=70median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (113) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=22
  • 1 bid 14% (3)
  • 2–3 59% (13)
  • 4–6 18% (4)
  • 7 or more 9% (2)
Contract value, net
p25 £141,727median £1,000,000p75 £23,971,032
interquartile range of 55 awards · p90 £147,291,147
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=21middle half 2–4
Competed88%robust · n=113open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs52%robust · n=50of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs44%robust · n=41single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally51%robust · n=35winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned3%robust · n=113cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 91 awards to 60 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 35% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 72 of 206 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

In-tend Electronic Procurement25 notices · 35% · 1 open
Proactis / ProContract19 notices · 26%
eTendersNI6 notices · 8%
Sell2Wales5 notices · 7%
Delta eSourcing2 notices · 3%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 9261. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 9261. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.