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title: "Wirral Water Sports Centre Complex - Preliminary Market Engagement"
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# Wirral Water Sports Centre Complex - Preliminary Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wirral-water-sports-centre-complex-preliminary-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04f76d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Wirral Borough Council: "Wirral Water Sports Centre Complex - Preliminary Market Engagement". Published status: planning. Concession Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Wirral Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wirral-borough-council-ons-e08000015)
- **Concession Value (operator's expected revenue):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Sports facilities operation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD74
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wirral-water-sports-centre-complex-preliminary-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04f76d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04f76d`

## 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/wirral-water-sports-centre-complex-preliminary-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04f76d#tl-md)

## Description
Wirral Borough Council (the "Council") is undertaking this preliminary market engagement to consult with potential operators to inform a delivery model to operate the Wirral Water Sports Centre Complex.
The Wirral Water Sports Centre operates, delivers and facilitates a diverse range of Water Sports on the Council owned and managed "West Kirby Marine Lake" a key local and regional leisure and recreational health and wellbeing destination.
The Council is seeking to ascertain whether there is sufficient interest from appropriate providers to establish a procurement and delivery strategy for the Wirral Water Sports Centre. The Council will retain a keen interest in the site and as such, any future operator must maintain a good relationship with the Council and will be an important consideration for the Council with regards to legacy implications.
The preliminary market engagement is being carried out under the current provisions of Regulation 17 of the Procurement Regulations 2024 and Sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 92610000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2028
- **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%2F010709-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-21T14:01:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T01:05:51.597Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04f76d