Official UK procurement notice
Leisure Investment Framework · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Lichfield District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, to inform the potential future establishment of a Leisure Investment Framework.
The Council is exploring options to work with delivery partners to support investment in leisure, health and wellbeing facilities across the district and more broadly for other contracting authorities. This may include leisure centres, swimming pools, fitness facilities, outdoor recreation assets and related development opportunities.
The Council is considering a framework arrangement under which it and other eligible contracting authorities or public sector organisations named or described in the procurement documents may let call off contracts for leisure investment, development and/or operation over a defined period, subject to approvals and funding availability.
The Council is keen to hear about latest innovation in leisure including infrastructure and above ground technologies.
This PME seeks market feedback to:
- Test market interest and capacity
- Inform the scope, structure and duration of any future framework
- Understand potential delivery, commercial and funding models
- Consider appropriate risk allocation and partnership approaches
- Identify barriers to participation, including for SMEs and VCSEs
Indicative Scope
The Council is interested in views on:
- Design, build, operate and/or finance models
- Joint venture, concession or partnership approaches
- Whole life asset management and decarbonisation
- Commercially sustainable and inclusive leisure provision
This engagement does not constitute a procurement, invitation to tender, or commitment to proceed. Participation is voluntary and will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement procedure. Any subsequent procurement will be advertised in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
CPV codes are indicative only and may be refined as the Council's requirements develop.
CPV: Architectural and related services · Building and facilities management services · Building completion work · Building installation work · Business and management consultancy services · Construction work for sports facilities · Construction work for swimming pool · Construction work in connection with structures for sports ground · Construction work of leisure facilities · Construction-related services · Engineering services · Financial consultancy services · +12 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 5 yrs from 1 Jan 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Leisure Investment Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Lichfield District Council buys Building installation work (CPV 4530), and who usually turns up
Lichfield District Council has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Building installation work (CPV 4530) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Across this market, small firms won 42% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 29% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 70 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, 20% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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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.
1 bid1%
2–33%
4–619%
7+76%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
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.
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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 4521Estimate not published
This lot is listed as CPV 4521. The table above uses the notice category.
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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 212 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid3%
2–316%
4–627%
7+53%
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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.
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.
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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.
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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
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Jul 2026, 15:18 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jul 2026, 15:18 BST
- Authority reference
LDC-698- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-061862- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c18eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
1 Jul 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published117 days ago1 Jul 2026, 15:18 BST
- Market engagement98 days ago20 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
To express your interest please contact [email protected] Following the engagement deadline, details of any questionnaires or supplier engagement events, will be provided to those who have expressed their interest.
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 66 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Jul 2026, 15:18 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