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# Princes Parade Leisure Centre Management Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/princes-parade-leisure-centre-management-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-02d7d0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Folkestone and Hythe District Council: "Princes Parade Leisure Centre Management Contract". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Oct 2021, 18:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Folkestone and Hythe District Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/folkestone-and-hythe-district-council-ons-e07000112)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 October 2021 at 18:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Sports facilities operation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ44
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d7d0`

## 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/princes-parade-leisure-centre-management-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-02d7d0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D6b12128a-ea03-ec11-810d-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/princes-parade-leisure-centre-management-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-02d7d0#participate

## Description
Folkestone and Hythe District Council (the Council) is delivering a new wet and dry leisure centre to replace Hythe Swimming Pool, a facility which has reached the end of its natural life and no longer serves the needs of local residents. The Council has appointed BAM under a two-stage design and build contract to construct the new centre. This tender concerns the long-term management contract for the Centre.
The construction of the new centre will commence in February 2022 and is due for completion in September 2023. The leisure management contract will commence at this point and will be for an initial period of 10 years (with an option at the absolute discretion of the Council to extend the contract period by a period or periods of up to a maximum of 5 additional years).
The management contract is being procured as a single stage process and the opportunity is available on Kent Business Portal (ref no. DN543497) and can be accessed by via the e-tendering webpage, https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Folkestone and Hythe District Council (the Council) is delivering a new wet and dry leisure centre to replace Hythe Swimming Pool, a facility which has reached the end of its natural life and no longer serves the needs of local residents. The Council...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020577-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-23T09:07:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T04:43:53.768Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d7d0