Official UK procurement notice
BHCC JB- Brighton & Hove City Council Early Market Engagement Notice Leisure Management Contract
Authority: Brighton and Hove City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBrighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) is seeking to engage with suitably experienced leisure facility operators in respect of the forthcoming contract opportunity for the management and operation of its leisure facilities, including a major new leisure centre to replace King Alfred Leisure Centre in Hove.
Prior to undertaking the formal procurement process, which is targeted to commence in November 2025 with the new contract starting in April 2027, BHCC is seeking to undertake Early Market Engagement (EME). The purpose is to consult with the leisure operator market to enable BHCC to better define its service requirements and the procurement process, working towards securing a commercially viable, high quality and community focused leisure management contract that will deliver increased physical activity levels and improved health outcomes for residents.
Please note this EME notice is not a call for competition nor an invitation to tender. Participation in this EME exercise will not influence future procurement decisions. If you wish to participate in this exercise please register your interest via the messaging service on this SE Shared Services eSourcing Portal no later than 12pm on 30 April 2025 to request the Early Market Engagement information document to be sent to your organisation .
CPV: Sports facilities operation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Apr 2025, 17:29 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Apr 2025, 17:29 BST
- Authority reference
BHCC - 038387- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016063- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05053aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published17 Apr 2025, 17:29 BST
- Market engagement1 May 2025, 00:59 BST
Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) is seeking to engage with suitably experienced leisure facility operators in respect of the forthcoming contract opportunity for the management and operation of its leisure facilities, including a major new leisure centre to replace King Alfred Leisure Centre in Hove.
Prior to undertaking the formal procurement process, which is targeted to commence in November 2025 with the new contract starting in April 2027, BHCC is seeking to undertake Early Market Engagement (EME). The purpose is to consult with the leisure operator market to enable BHCC to better define its service requirements and the procurement process, working towards securing a commercially viable, high quality and community focused leisure management contract that will deliver increased physical activity levels and improved health outcomes for residents. Please note this EME notice is not a call for competition nor an invitation to tender. Participation in this EME exercise will not influence future procurement decisions. If you wish to participate in this exercise please register your interest via the messaging service on this SE Shared Services eSourcing Portal in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/asp… ↗ no later than 12pm on 30 April 2025 to request the Early Market Engagement information document to be sent to your organisation .
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 153 days1 Apr 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Apr 2025, 17:29 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender