Chichester District Council Leisure Centre Management and Active Communities Services

Description

This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) and is not being used as a call for competition. It is to notify the market that Chichester District Council (the "Authority") intends to issue a Contract Notice in January 2025 for the procurement of a new contract for the management and operation of the Council's leisure facilities and active communities service from 1 May 2026. The facilities include: • Westgate Leisure Centre • Bourne Leisure Centre • The Grange Community and Leisure Centre A brief summary overview of each facility can be found below: Westgate Leisure Centre - 120-station gym, 6-lane 33m pool, teaching pool, splash zone, water flume, toning suite, 1 x meeting room, FORTIS suite, 6-court sports hall, 30-station spin studio, health suite (steam room, sauna and hot tub), outdoor skate park and café The Grange Community and Leisure Centre - 50-station gym, 2 x squash courts, 3 x meeting rooms, 4-court sports hall, 2-court sports hall, 2 x treatment rooms, 1 x exercise studios, sauna/steam and café, library (co-located West Sussex County Council library) Bourne Leisure Centre - 32-station gym, 4-court sports hall, dance studio, 3 x tennis courts, 1-court sports hall, 5-a-side 3G pitch, 1 x meeting room. There is also a requirement to deliver a targeted health and wellbeing programme and outreach activities. Lot 1: This procurement will be carried out in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the choice of procedure will likely be a Competitive Procedure with the option of Negotiation as per Regulation 29. The tender documents are intended to be published on 10 January 2025 via In-Tend tendering portal available on the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Tenders/Current Potential providers may wish to register on the portal early in preparation for the publication. PLEASE NOTE: A Bidders Day will form part of the procurement exercise and will take place on Wednesday 5th February 2025. Prospective bidders are requested to keep this day free.