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title: "Sports and Leisure Management Limited Outsourced Services"
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# Sports and Leisure Management Limited Outsourced Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sports-and-leisure-management-limited-outsourced-services-ocds-h6vhtk-055b8a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Watford Borough Council: "Sports and Leisure Management Limited Outsourced Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Watford Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/watford-borough-council-ons-e07000103)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Physical well-being services, Recreational, cultural and sporting services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £63,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055b8a`

## 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/sports-and-leisure-management-limited-outsourced-services-ocds-h6vhtk-055b8a#tl-md)

## Description
Watford Borough Council intends to enter a deed of variation with Sports and Leisure Management Limited (the Contractor) as the outsourced provider of leisure management services. SLM acts as the principle in providing leisure services from the council owned premises at Woodside, Central and the paddling pool at Cassiobury Park. SLM will act as agent of the council, with SLM providing leisure services on behalf of the council in the council’s name. The Underlying Contract was originally procured under Procurement Notice Watford Sports facilities operation services 2017/S 049-089978:, published on 10th March 2017. The opportunity to change the status, follows the successful litigation taken by Chelmsford City Council in 2022 and subsequently HMRC revised its guidance in 2023 in relation to the VAT treatment of leisure services provided by local authorities.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 92000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** The Authority appointed the Contractor to provide the leisure services pursuant to the Underlying Contract and Leases for the management and operation of the Council's leisure portfolio. The Authority intends to enter a deed of variation with the Con...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 038405-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Sports and Leisure Management Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-166135`
  - Value: £63,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 038405-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £63,000,000
  - Signed Date: 06/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F038405-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-08T18:05:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T21:59:14.988Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055b8a