Recreational, cultural and sporting services

Tender description

MBC 1755 CONTRACT-A7QG-C8MS54 Maidstone Borough Council, in association with the Cobtree Manor Estate Trust, following preliminary market consultations earlier this year has issued call for competition to manage the Cobtree Manor Park Golf Course. An open tender process is to be used, the competitive procedure with negotiation (Public Contract Regulations 2015, Article 29) to appoint a suitably experienced contractor to provide the requirements outlined in the specification. The Course offers a fine opportunity for an experienced golf/leisure operator to develop the business in the vibrant commercial centre of Kent and the county town of Maidstone with great potential for growth of associated new on-site leisure investments. Cobtree Manor Park Golf Course is a successful and well regarded 18 hole public pay and play golf course with a clubhouse and out buildings. The Trust has benefited from a regular income stream and wishes to see a continuation of income from its land. The Council and the Trust wish to attract a wider range of users in the future, and will support innovative proposals to increasing the offer. These could be based on the core golf offer with the opportunity to attract new ancillary commercial leisure or amenity uses, while avoiding duplicating the current leisure provision in the area.