Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 6 Feb 2026, 15:00 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Virtual and In-Person Fitness Classes Request for Information 662-NYC-CD

Authority: The North Yorkshire Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£360,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 May 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Jul 2027 · up to 31 Jul 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

North Yorkshire Council (the Authority) is requesting information from suppliers to help determine the scope and feasibility of its requirement, to understand the range of potential solutions available in the market, and to assist with drafting a potential future tender specification for Virtual and In-Person Fitness Classes. The Authority intends to gather this information through written responses to this RFI. The Authority is also considering holding discovery days, and further information is provided within the document.

CPV: Sporting services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2027 (1 yr) · up to 31 Jul 2029 with extensions
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How The North Yorkshire Council buys Sporting services (CPV 9260), and who usually turns up

The North Yorkshire Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Sporting services (CPV 9260) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerThe North Yorkshire Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 437 of 547 known-size awards · market: CPV 9260 · UK-wide, n=11
80%45%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 532 of 717 known-location awards · market: CPV 9260 · UK-wide, n=17
74%53%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Yorkshire and the Humber.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 24 decided notices · market: division 92 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=6
53 days28 days

Half of these awards were announced within 53 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 161 of 534 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 9260 · UK-wide, n=18
30%50%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer49 lots with bid counts · all categories
31% had one bid
The market5 lots with bid counts · CPV 9260 · UK-wide
0% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid31% / 0%
Buyer: 15 of 49 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
2–333% / 0%
Buyer: 16 of 49 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
4–618% / 100%
Buyer: 9 of 49 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
7+18% / 0%
Buyer: 9 of 49 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer43 lots with estimate and award · all categories
44% below estimate
The market16 lots with estimate and award · division 92 · Yorkshire and the Humber
38% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate44% / 38%
Buyer: 19 of 43 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 16 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%44% / 56%
Buyer: 19 of 43 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 16 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate12% / 6%
Buyer: 5 of 43 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 16 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 926012 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£360k
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 12 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet0% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 12 similar lots
1 bid0%
0 of 12 similar past lots received 1 bid (0%).
2–333%
4 of 12 similar past lots received 2–3 (33%).
4–650%
6 of 12 similar past lots received 4–6 (50%).
7+17%
2 of 12 similar past lots received 7+ (17%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £360k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

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
6 Feb 2026, 15:00 GMT
Last source update
6 Feb 2026, 15:00 GMT
Authority reference
100106806
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-011041
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Sporting services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064a50 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

6 Feb 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published258 days ago
    6 Feb 2026, 15:00 GMT
  2. Market engagement244 days ago
    20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT

    North Yorkshire Council (NYC) seeks to understand the market capability for delivering group exercise solutions that support Active North Yorkshire’s leisure and wellbeing services across 14 leisure and wellbeing hubs. The requirement covers North Yorkshire and aims to provide inclusive, accessible fitness opportunities for residents. Site-based group exercise provision will include licensing, training, and content support for in-house instructors to deliver classes at designated leisure locations. The Authority currently operates approximately 700 fitness classes per week, supplemented by virtual classes during off-peak times. Virtual provision will include: - Studio-based virtual classes delivered onsite within leisure hubs (these do not need to be live). - On-demand fitness content, including classes and workouts for individuals to access remotely at home via digital platforms as part of an integrated virtual membership. Solutions should integrate seamlessly with existing leisure operations to ensure a consistent customer experience. Ideally, solutions should provide links into the Authority’s existing LMS to ensure a seamless customer journey for membership sign-up. Technical requirements include platform-agnostic access via common devices, high-quality streaming and content delivery with minimal latency, compliance with data protection and accessibility standards, and options for performance monitoring and reporting (e.g., usage analytics, engagement metrics). Geographical coverage must span the entire North Yorkshire region, including provision for remote access to mitigate rural isolation. Suppliers should outline capacity for peak usage and contingency measures. uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

  3. Tender notice expected174 days ago
    1 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts83 days ago
    1 Aug 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Feb 2026, 15:00 GMT
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The North Yorkshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNXY-8263-XCNL County Hall, Racecourse Lane,, Northallerton, Yorkshire & Humber, DL7 8ADContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure