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Published 29 May 2024, 13:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Leisure Operating Contract - Contract Award Notice

Official notice

Authority: The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Published estimate£20,000,000exc. VAT · 1 value update50% below published estimate
Submissions closed 31 Jul 2024awarded 6 Jan 2025
Awarded to Leisure Focus Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority sought to procure a leisure management services operator across six sites within the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead:

  • Windsor Leisure Centre (Stovell Road, Windsor)
  • Braywick Leisure Centre (Braywick Road, Maidenhead)
  • Cox Green Leisure Centre (Highfield Lane, Maidenhead)
  • Furze Platt Leisure Centre (Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead)
  • Charters Leisure Centre (Charters Road, Sunningdale, Ascot)
  • Dedworth Community Leisure Centre (Smiths Lane, Windsor)

The operator will manage the centres and be entitled to the income yielded. The operator will then forward management fees to the Authority

CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Recreational, cultural and sporting services · Sports facilities operation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: South East · Windsor & Maidenhead
Extensions: 5 year extension option (15+5)Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 30%Price: 64%Social value: 2%Environmental: 4%
Published sub-criteria (10)
  • Programme of Activities: 10%
  • Delivery Outcomes - Health & Wellbeing: 8%
  • Asset Management & Cleaning: 8%
  • Staffing: 4%
  • Delivering Outcomes - Pricing: 4%
  • Business Model - Deliverability: 5%
  • Contract Mark-up: 5%
  • Best Management Fee: 50%
  • Social Value: 2%
  • Sustainability: 4%
Published award criteria (12)
  • Social Value: 2
  • Programme of Activities: 10
  • Delivery Outcomes - Health & Wellbeing: 8
  • Asset Management & Cleaning: 8
  • Staffing: 4
  • Delivering Outcomes - Pricing: 4
  • Sustainability: 4
  • Mobilisation: Pass/Fail
  • Business Continuity: Pass/Fail
  • Business Model - Deliverability: 5
  • Contract Mark-up: 5
  • Best Management Fee: 50
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 64 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.4 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 May 2024, 13:42 BST
Last source update
22 Jan 2025, 16:18 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-002280
Classification (CPV)
Other community, social and personal servicesRecreational, cultural and sporting servicesSports facilities operation services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046c09 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
31 Jul 2024, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Jul 2024 → 22 Jan 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    1 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    31 Jul 2024, 13:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    14 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    22 Jan 2025, 16:18 GMT

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2024
  1. Published value published: £20,000,000
    2 Jul 2024, 15:30 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    2 Jul 2024, 15:30 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    2 Jul 2024, 15:30 BST
  4. Deadline published: 31 Jul 2024, 13:00 BST
    2 Jul 2024, 15:30 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    22 Jan 2025, 16:18 GMT
  6. Buyer details updated
    22 Jan 2025, 16:18 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £10,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Jan 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Leisure Focus LimitedSME£10,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityRecreation, culture and religionGeneral public services Town Hall,St Ives Road, MAIDENHEAD, South East, SL61RFContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Borough of Windsor & MaidenheadReview body Maidenhead
  • Royal Borough of Windsor and MaidenheadReview body MaidenheadContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria