Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 2 Dec 2025, 08:16 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Leisure Centre Management Information System (MIS) for Leisure Centres in South Norfolk.

Authority: South Norfolk District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: East Suffolk Council

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 14 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Aug 2031 · up to 31 Aug 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

South Norfolk Leisure Services is embarking on a transformative project to implement a new, complete & modern Management Information System (MIS) across all its leisure centres. The primary objective is to replace the existing legacy system with an integrated solution that enhances operational efficiency, improves customer experience, and supports the strategic development of leisure services. SNC are seeking a solution for a 5+ year term and the solution must include the cost of all core licenses necessary for the implementation and ongoing operation of the Leisure Management Information System.

CPV: Business transaction and personal business software package · Computer support and consultancy services · Industry specific software package · Miscellaneous software package and computer systems · Software package utilities · Sports facilities operation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How South Norfolk District Council buys Sports facilities operation services (CPV 9261), and who usually turns up

South Norfolk District Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Sports facilities operation services (CPV 9261) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerSouth Norfolk District Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 of 13 known-size awards · market: CPV 9261 · East of England, n=8
38%0%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in East of England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 9 of 21 known-location awards · market: CPV 9261 · East of England, n=6
43%17%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside East of England.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 decided notices · market: CPV 9261 · UK-wide, n=8
60 days164 days

Half of these awards were announced within 60 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 6 of 19 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 9261 · East of England, n=8
32%38%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer8 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market16 lots with bid counts · CPV 9261 · UK-wide
13% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 13%
Buyer: 0 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 16 lots with published bid counts.
2–338% / 63%
Buyer: 3 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 10 of 16 lots with published bid counts.
4–638% / 19%
Buyer: 3 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 16 lots with published bid counts.
7+25% / 6%
Buyer: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 16 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer8 lots with estimate and award · all categories
75% below estimate
The market9 lots with estimate and award · CPV 9261 · UK-wide
22% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate75% / 22%
Buyer: 6 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 9 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%13% / 56%
Buyer: 1 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 9 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate13% / 22%
Buyer: 1 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 9 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 926160 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£500k
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 19 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet11% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 19 similar lots
1 bid11%
2 of 19 similar past lots received 1 bid (11%).
2–332%
6 of 19 similar past lots received 2–3 (32%).
4–647%
9 of 19 similar past lots received 4–6 (47%).
7+11%
2 of 19 similar past lots received 7+ (11%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £500k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
2 Dec 2025, 08:16 GMT
Last source update
2 Dec 2025, 08:16 GMT
Authority reference
2711-PPT-CFP
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078699
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Business transaction and personal business software packageComputer support and consultancy servicesIndustry specific software packageMiscellaneous software package and computer systemsSoftware package utilitiesSports facilities operation services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH17)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ec70 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 Dec 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published324 days ago
    2 Dec 2025, 08:16 GMT
  2. Market engagement309 days ago
    17 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT

    South Norfolk Council (SNC) is embarking on a transformative project to implement a new, complete & modern Management Information System (MIS) across all its leisure centres.

    The primary objective is to replace the existing legacy system with an integrated solution that enhances operational efficiency, improves customer experience, and supports the strategic development of leisure services.

    SNC are seeking a solution for a 5+ year term and the solution must include the cost of all core licenses necessary for the implementation and ongoing operation of the Leisure Management Information System throughout the lifetime of the contract.

    The new MIS will be deployed at Diss Swim Centre, Framingham Earl Sports Centre, Ketts Park Recreation Centre, Long Stratton Leisure Centre, and Wymondham Leisure Centre. It will facilitate the management of a wide range of activities and facilities, including swimming pools, sports halls, 3G pitches, swim schools, holiday programmes, block bookings, group exercise, gym inductions, activity waivers, and soft play as well as point of sale functionality.

    Additionally, the system will support both front-of-house and back-office operations, integrating seamlessly with finance, marketing, Swim school, 4-Global, Door Access control, and Power BI platforms.

    This project aims to deliver a scalable, adaptable, and secure MIS that provides robust data analytics, supports campaign management and referrals, and ultimately drives membership retention and income growth. The implementation will be carefully managed to ensure minimal disruption, with full data migration, staff training, and supplier-led onboarding.

    As part of the pre-market engagement SNC will be looking to meet with potential suppliers so they can gain a full understanding of our requirements.

    South Norfolk Council, (SNC), is inviting suppliers interested in the opportunity to participate in Preliminary Market Engagement. It is intended to procure the contract through the Competitive Flexible Procedure subject to the Procurement Act 2023 and Procurement Regulations 2024.

    SNC invites contractors who would like to participate in the market engagement to express their interest by emailing [email protected] and request the briefing pack.

    You can also register on In-tend for free in advance of the tender being published free of charge, via the link provided in this notice: in-tendhost.co.uk/eastsuffolk ↗

    Please note that suppliers will have the opportunity to attend a 1:1 meeting with SNC via MS Teams to discuss this opportunity on Tuesday 16th December. Please notify East Suffolk Council to confirm your attendance by contacting [email protected] and a confirmed meeting date and time, along with details for the MS Teams call, will be sent out to suppliers thereafter.

    Suppliers may submit any questions or queries regarding the matters described in this presentation or the project generally via In-tend, or if that is not possible, contact [email protected].

    The deadline to request a meeting is: Friday 12 December 2025 at 5pm. (Please note that the questions in the briefing pack will form the basis for this meeting) Suppliers are welcome to also ask questions of SNC regarding this opportunity.

    Lastly please note that SNC ask suppliers to identify any confidential feedback in response to these questions as all supplier feedback, in response to SNC questions, may be shared with all parties as part of the tender process should it warrant inclusion.

    Following the conclusion of the PME exercise - and assuming sufficient expressions of interest - SNC will incorporate feedback received into the proposed formal ITT process likely to commence on or around the 14th January 2026.

  3. Tender notice expected281 days ago
    14 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts52 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Dec 2025, 08:16 GMT
    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

2 public bodies on the notice

South Norfolk Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBCV-2189-QCZG The Horizon Centre, Peachman Way, Broadland Business Park, Norwich, East of England, NR7 0WFContact email

Other public bodies

  • East Suffolk CouncilProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement LeadGB-PPON: PLPP-1174-BHLX Woodbridge, East of EnglandContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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