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Published 12 Oct 2026, 12:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement: Leisure & Wellbeing Facility Operator

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Redbridge (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£80,000,000pipeline notice — not a live tender
Tender notice expected 30 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Apr 2031 · starts 28 Apr 2028

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority is planning to undertake a Tender: London Borough of Redbridge – Leisure & Wellbeing Facility Operator The Scope of the service includes a mixed portfolio of leisure centres, some Council-owned, some on educational sites, a newly refurbished leisure centre, women’s only gym, outdoor activity centre, and the management of sports pitch and court bookings. The Services Specification will be based on the Sport England template, made bespoke to this project. This is a Preliminary Market Engagement and not a call for competition.

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 28 Apr 2028 — 30 Apr 2031 (3 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: UK
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Oct 2026, 12:50 BST
Last source update
12 Oct 2026, 12:50 BST
Authority reference
DN832657
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096045
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078590 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published1 day ago
    12 Oct 2026, 12:50 BST
  2. Market engagementin 18 days
    30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTThe purpose of the PME Notice is to gather feedback in relation to a potential future procurement for the ‘London Borough of Redbridge – Leisure & Wellbeing Facility Operator’. This is a Preliminary Market Engagement and not a call for competition.
  3. Tender notice expectedin 49 days
    30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    28 Apr 2028, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 12 Oct 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 12:50 BSTUK2
  2. First planning notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 12:50 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Borough of Redbridge

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPZX-9247-ZGQQ London Borough of Redbridge, Ilford, London, IG1 1NYContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure