Official UK procurement notice
The Management of The Gateway School's Leisure Facilities
Authority: CREATING TOMORROW MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Gateway School are seeking a management partner for their joint use leisure facilities. The facilities include a 20m x 6m swimming pool, 10-station gym, 2-court and 1-court sports hall, sand-based MUGA (floodlit) and an astroturf pitch.
The contract commences in September 2026 and is for 10 years with an option to extend for two additional period of up to 5 years. The total possible contract duration, including extension provisions will be 20 years. The procurement will be based on a lean single staged process.
CPV: Sports facilities operation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Gateway School "The School" is located in Tiffield village, West NorthamptonshireRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
The Gateway School "The School" is located in Tiffield village, West Northamptonshire. It is part of the Creating Tomorrow Academy Trust (CTT) which manages five schools and a college.
The School is a special secondary academy which can accommodate a total of 118 pupils aged 11-16 years with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. It also caters for students with an Educational Healthcare Plan.
The core leisure facilities include a 20m x 6m swimming pool, 10-station gym, 2-court and 1-court sports hall, sand-based MUGA (floodlit) and an astroturf pitch. The School has recently benefitted from an investment of £5.5m by West Northamptonshire Council into the expansion and refurbishment of its facilities, including its sport and leisure facilities.
The School is seeking a partner operator to manage the facilities. The operator will be required to make the facilities available for use by The Gateway School, Tiffield Academy, other local schools, and the wider community outside of school hours (during term time).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Method Statements: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Method Statements: 60
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 7 May 2026, 15:05 BST
- Last source update
- 7 May 2026, 15:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Sept 2026 – …
- Authority reference
TGS2026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-042047- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Sept 2026, 08:00 BST
Timeline
7 May 2026 → 22 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Notice published174 days ago7 May 2026, 15:05 BST
- Submission deadline131 days ago19 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts58 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Bids opened36 days ago22 Sept 2026, 08:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Gateway SchoolReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria