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Published 17 Apr 2025, 17:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BHCC JB- Brighton & Hove City Council Early Market Engagement Notice Leisure Management Contract

Official notice

Authority: Brighton and Hove City Council (Local council)

Services
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 10 yrsends 1 Apr 2037 · up to 1 Apr 2042 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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 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 published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 10 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 1 Apr 2037 (10 yrs) · up to 1 Apr 2042 with extensions
Delivery: South East
Extensions: Extension options published

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)
Sports facilities operation services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05053a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

17 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 17:29 BST
  2. Market engagement
    1 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 .

  3. Today
    29 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 153 days
    1 Apr 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 17:29 BST
    UK2

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

Brighton and Hove City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNNH-3312-CQGT Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, South East, BN3 3BQContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure