Official UK procurement notice
The Management of The Knights Templar Sports Centre
Authority: THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR SCHOOL (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Knights Templar School is seeking a management partner for The Knights Templar Sports Centre, a joint use facility based at The Knights Templar School, Baldock. The facilities include a 4-court sports hall, 41-station fitness gym, exercise studio, 3G artificial turf pitch (floodlit) and 3 grass football pitches.
The contract commences in April 2025 and is for 9 years with an option to extend for two additional periods of up to 5 years. The total possible contract duration, including extension provisions will be 19 years. The procurement will be based on a lean single staged process.
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, by request from [email protected]
CPV: Sports facilities operation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Knights Templar Sports Centre is located in Baldock, North HertfordshireRenewalPublished value£3,400,200
The Knights Templar Sports Centre is located in Baldock, North Hertfordshire. It is owned by The Knights Templar School (the "School"), a single-site academy trust. The School is a mixed secondary school with Academy status, with c. 1,400 students.
The core leisure facility is 2.1.2 Knights Templar Sports Centre is located next to The Knights Templar School and was opened in 2005. The centre consists of dry-side leisure facilities including a 4-court sports hall, 41-station fitness gym, exercise studio, 3G artificial turf pitch (floodlit) and 3 grass football pitches.
The School is seeking a partner operator to manage the facility. The facility is used by School students during term time (with community access to health and fitness facilities) and the community at other times.
The Tender process is a single stage procurement delivered under the Concessions regime
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
- 22 Nov 2024, 17:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Nov 2024, 17:01 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
KTS2024- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-037913- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04be38Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 17 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
Timeline
22 Nov 2024 → 30 Sept 2025 · 5 dates- Notice published22 Nov 2024, 17:01 GMT
- Submission deadline17 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until393 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria