Official UK procurement notice
DMCV 024 - Leisure Management Contract
Authority: Shropshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe new leisure management contract could include the following facilities: (please note that this is an indicative list and subject to final confirmation by the Council.)
SpArC Bishop’s Castle, SY9 5AY
•21 station health and fitness gym
•3 court sports hall
•20m x 4 lane swimming pool – 0.9m to 2.6m deep
•2 squash courts – glass back
•65m x 35m floodlit 3G pitch
Church Stretton Leisure Centre, SY6 6EX
•23 station gym
•1 studio
•4 court sports hall
•20m x 4 lane swimming pool
•4 outdoor tennis courts
Cleobury Mortimer Sports Centre, DY14 8PE
•22 station health and fitness gym
•4 court sports hall
•60m x 40 floodlit 3G pitch
•3x floodlit tennis/netball courts
South Shropshire Leisure Centre, SY8 1DR
•25m x 6 lane swimming pool – 0.9m to 1.8m deep
•12m x 6m leisure pool
•10m x 8.5m diving plunge pool – 3.6m deep with moveable floor
•55 station health and fitness gym
•4 court sports hall
•2x studios
•Spa facilities
Market Drayton Swimming and Fitness Centre, TF9 1JU
•34 station health and fitness gym
•25m x 6 lane pool
•12m x 5m learner pool
Meole Brace Golf Course, SY2 6QQ
•12-hole golf course
•Professional’s shop
•Teaching studio
Oswestry Leisure Centre, SY11 4QB
•71 station health and fitness gym
•4 court sports hall
•25m x 6 lane pool
•12.5m x 7.5m learner pool
•Studio
Shrewsbury Sports Village, SY1 4RQ
•30 station health and fitness gym
•6 rink indoor bowls hall
•Grass football pitches – adult, youth and mini and stadia pitch
•8 court sports hall
•Studios
•Spin studio
•107m x 70m floodlit 3G pitch
•4 court MUGA
•1km cycle/running track
The Quarry Swimming and Fitness Centre, SY1 1RU
•37 station health and fitness gym
•33m x 6 lane pool – moveable bulk head – Quarry
•Flume
•Diving boards
•25m x 4 lane pool – Priory
•18m x 4 lane pool – Claremont
•10.5m x 6.5m learner pool
•Studio
Whitchurch Swimming & Fitness Centre, SY13 1BA
•25m x 6 lane pool
•41 station health and fitness gym
•2x studios
Capital Projects
There are proposals for investment into the further development of Shrewsbury Sports Village. Currently a dry-side site, the proposals could see the development of a:
•25m x 8 lane swimming pool
•17m x 10m learner pool with moveable floor
•Spectator seating in the pool hall with a capacity of 250
•Changing village with Changing Places provision
•Soft play area
•New 130-station health and fitness gym
•Multi-purpose studios
•30 station cycle studio
The proposals do not involve the loss of any existing facilities and could be delivered prior to the commencement of the new leisure management contract or in the third quarter of 2027 depending on confirmation and progress. The proposals are currently subject to a Council decision, which is expected in February 2026.
£3.93m of investment is planned for SpArC Bishop’s Castle Leisure Centre to replace the pool liner, install pool steps and undergo a decarbonisation programme. The development will be confirmed by SC in December 2026.
It is also important to highlight that Whitchurch Swimming & Fitness Centre is a new build, which opened in March 2025.
The estimated total contract value of £1,500,000 is a payment to the Council.
The contract dates 01/08/2027 to 31/07/2042 include an optional 5-year extension.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 20 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
- Authority reference
DMCV 024- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066823- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d00cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Oct 2025 → 1 Aug 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published371 days ago20 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
- Market engagement353 days ago7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Shropshire Council is seeking responses to a series of questions regarding the prospective procurement. The expression of interest and response to the questionnaire window is 20/10/2025 to 07/11/2025 - 17:00
To register your interest in the preliminary market engagement exercise, please email [email protected]
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 277 days1 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Oct 2025, 16:05 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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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