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title: "Operator for Colne Market and Food Court"
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# Operator for Colne Market and Food Court

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/operator-for-colne-market-and-food-court-ocds-h6vhtk-04f957). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Pendle Borough Council: "Operator for Colne Market and Food Court". Published status: complete. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 May 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Pendle Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/pendle-borough-council-ons-e07000122)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 May 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Retail trade services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD46
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/operator-for-colne-market-and-food-court-ocds-h6vhtk-04f957#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04f957`

## 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/operator-for-colne-market-and-food-court-ocds-h6vhtk-04f957#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/operator-for-colne-market-and-food-court-ocds-h6vhtk-04f957#participate

## Description
Pendle Borough Council is seeking to appoint a new operator of Colne Market Hall by way of granting a full internal repair and maintenance lease for a period of 15 years.
The operator must possess and evidence the following attributes:
• A strong track record in the successful operation of markets and food courts in a similar setting, which include programmes of events and proactively providing business support to traders and vendors.
• Evidence of working proactively in collaboration and partnership with other private and public stakeholders with resulting mutual benefits, measured through regeneration of the general location and/or revitalising and increasing trade and visitor numbers.
• A strong balance sheet and financial accounts demonstrating a viable and long-term profitable enterprise that can take on the long-term lease of the Market Hall.
• A compelling and financially sustainable, high-level Business Plan for Colne Market, to include a defined level of up-front investment into the set-up and operation of the Market Hall.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55900000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0

- **Contract Period:** 17/08/2025 to 17/08/2040

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

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 07/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011489-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-12T15:29:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T23:00:01.362Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04f957