Official UK procurement notice
Operation and Management of Queen Elizabeth Leisure Centre, Wimborne, Dorset
Authority: INITIO LEARNING TRUST
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQueen Elizabeth School in Wimborne has leisure facilities utilised by the local community. The QELC is currently operated through a community use agreement by Dorset Council, who will be withdrawing from the operation at the end of March 2024. The Trust is now seeking to enter into a partnership to operate the Queen Elizabeth Leisure Centre (QELC), which is located at the Queen Elizabeth School, from 1 April 2024.
The current facilities include
25 metre, 4 lane pool
Sports Hall
Squash Court
Fitness Suite and Studios
Secondary Hall
Artificial Grass Pitch
Tennis Courts and Athletics Facilities
The Trust is inviting tenders from prospective partners to enter into a management contract or other arrangements to invest in, operate and maintain the facility.
CPV: Sports facilities operation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Operation of the sports facilitiesPublished value£10,000,000
Operation of the sports facilities
10 Year Contract Term with potential to extend for 5 years
Full Repair and Renewal responsibilities, but with condition survey works undertaken as indicated in ITT
TUPE will apply and existing staff at the School will transfer to the new operator (including Pension requirements).
Indicative Procurement Timetable
Issue of ITT: 5 June 2023
Opportunities for Clarification & Dialogue (including site visits):
w/c 12 June & w/c 19 June 2023
Final Date for Clarifications: 5 July 2023
Submission of ITT: 13 July 2023
Evaluation: July 2023
Contract award: August 2023
Mobilisation: Sept 2023 - March 2024
Service Commence: 1 April 2024
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 5 Jun 2023, 11:46 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2023, 07:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Jul 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-022086- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d3a4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Aug 2023
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bids opened
- 14 Jul 2023, 10:00 BST
Timeline
14 Jul 2023 → 24 Aug 2023 · 3 dates- Bids opened14 Jul 2023, 10:00 BST
- Notice published31 Jul 2023, 07:54 BST
- Submission deadline24 Aug 2023
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jun 2023- Deadline moved to 3 Aug 202321 Jun 2023, 15:26 BST+21 days · was 13 Jul 2023
- Deadline moved to 24 Aug 202331 Jul 2023, 07:54 BST+21 days · was 3 Aug 2023
Published amendments (2 · 2 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 13 Jul 2023 | 3 Aug 2023 | +21 d |
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 3 Aug 2023 | 24 Aug 2023 | +21 d |
2 amendments published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.