Sports facilities operation services

Tender description

Winchester City Council is seeking to procure an experienced leisure operator for its 15 year leisure management contract to operate the new Winchester Sport and Leisure Centre. This state of the art, wet and dry centre located at Bar End,Winchester will replace River Park Leisure Centre, a facility which has reached the end of its intended life. The new centre will comprise of the following facilities: — 8 lane x 50 m main swimming pool, — 20 m x 10 m learner pool, — hydrotherapy pool, — splash pad, — 200-station health and fitness suite, — spinning studio, — 8-court sports hall, — 4 squash courts, — 2 activity studios, — clip and climb, — 8 treatment rooms, — café. The contract will also include the adjacent Winchester Sports Stadium, which is home to a 400 m, 8-lane synthetic athletics track, 100 m x 60 m artificial grass pitch and a clubhouse. Winchester City Council is intending to procure a 15-year management contract commencing in Q1 2021 (with the option to extend the contract by a maximum of 5 years at the discretion of the Council). The project has three important partners who are all contributing financially: The University of Winchester (who own the Sports Stadium), Hampshire County Council and The Pinder Trust (whose interest relates to the hydrotherapy pool). The contract falls within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and is being procured via a hybrid of an open type procedure with the Council reserving the right to negotiate at its sole discretion. Further details can be obtained from the Invitation to Tender and associated documentation, which can be obtained from the address detailed at I.3.