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title: "Leisure Management Contract for Tides Leisure Centre"
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# Leisure Management Contract for Tides Leisure Centre

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/leisure-management-contract-for-tides-leisure-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed0e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Dover District Council: "Leisure Management Contract for Tides Leisure Centre". Published status: complete. Published Value: £5,400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Dover District Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dover-district-council-ons-e07000108)
- **Published Value:** £5,400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 July 2025 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Sports facilities operation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4, UKJ44
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £7,232,901 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/leisure-management-contract-for-tides-leisure-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed0e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ed0e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/leisure-management-contract-for-tides-leisure-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed0e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** Expressions of interest will only be accepted via the Kent Business Portal www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk . Completed Response Documents are to be submitted electronically via the Kent Business Portal by no later than 12.00 hrs on the 14th March 2025.

## Description
Leisure management contract to operate the new Deal Leisure Centre. The new facility will replace Tides Leisure Centre on the same site (CT14 9UU) and will retain the existing 4-court sports hall and indoor tennis centre.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 92610000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £5,400,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2040

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **Sport and Leisure Management Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-166135`
  - Value: £7,232,901 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 05/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014112-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-17T08:09:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T05:42:57.036Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ed0e