Contract award notice

Information

Published

External Reference: 2025-551760

FTS Reference: 2025-008867

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Sheffield City Council
(GB) 173 5488 38
Town Hall, Pinstone Street,
Sheffield
S1 2HH
UK
Contact person: Paula Martin
Telephone: +44 1142735624
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es):
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority
I.5)

Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Tender for the Provision of Sport and Leisure Services in Sheffield
Reference number:  75889
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

92000000  -  Recreational, cultural and sporting services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The Council is seeking to procure an experienced and qualified operator to manage selected Leisure Centres, Golf Courses, The English Institute of Sport and Ice Sheffield venue within the City. This is an exciting opportunity for an organisation to partner with the Council to manage key sporting and Leisure facilities within the City. The Leisure facilities in scope are as follows: From January 2025(current Trust arrangement to dissolve December 2024). Ponds Forge International Sports Centre English Institute of Sport Ice Sheffield Hillsborough Leisure Centre Concord Sports Centre Springs Leisure Centre Heeley Pool and Gym Beauchief Golf Course Birley Wood Golf Course – with the option by the Authority to remove this course if required Tinsley Golf Course From April 2026 (these are currently under a separate third-party operator until March 26) Graves Health and Sports Centre Thorncliffe Health and Leisure Centre Wisewood Sports Centre
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  378000000.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

39222000  -  Catering supplies
45112721  -  Landscaping work for golf courses
45212290  -  Repair and maintenance work in connection with sports facilities
45236111  -  Flatwork for golf course
50000000  -  Repair and maintenance services
55520000  -  Catering services
70332200  -  Commercial property management services
79993000  -  Building and facilities management services
79993100  -  Facilities management services
92610000  -  Sports facilities operation services
92622000  -  Sports-event organisation services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance:  
Sheffield, UK
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Council is seeking to procure an experienced and qualified operator to manage selected Leisure Centres, Golf Courses, The English Institute of Sport and Ice Sheffield venue within the City. This is an exciting opportunity for an organisation to partner with the Council to manage key sporting and Leisure facilities within the City. The Leisure facilities in scope are as follows: From January 2025(current Trust arrangement to dissolve December 2024). Ponds Forge International Sports Centre English Institute of Sport Ice Sheffield Hillsborough Leisure Centre Concord Sports Centre Springs Leisure Centre Heeley Pool and Gym Beauchief Golf Course Birley Wood Golf Course – with the option by the Authority to remove this course if required Tinsley Golf Course From April 2026 (these are currently under a separate third-party operator until March 26) Graves Health and Sports Centre Thorncliffe Health and Leisure Centre Wisewood Sports Centre The Operator will be expected to commit to the Partnership Approach and recognise the importance of working collaboratively with the Authority in delivering the Services.  The Council has provisionally secured c£100m of capital funding to invest into the Leisure Estate with proposals over the term to replace three major Leisure facilities in the City - Hillsborough, Concord and Springs – and make improvements to Ponds Forge. Please also note that the estimated contract value is based on the estimated facilities turnover across the maximum contract term.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality  /  Weighting:  45
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Social Value  /  Weighting:  10
Price  -  Weighting:  45
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes
Description of options:
1. Fully priced Base Bid Investment Portfolio ISIT response based on the Services Specification and the Council’s planned investments. This should be based on the core requirements and will be used to evaluate ISIT submissions.
2. Fully priced Base Bid Existing Portfolio ISIT response based on the Services Specification but excluding the Council’s planned investments. This should otherwise be based on the core requirements and will be used to evaluate ISIT submissions.
3. Mandatory variant Investment Portfolio - Fully priced mandatory variant to the Investment Portfolio ISIT response based on a 15-year initial contract term (not evaluated but part of the negotiation stage).
4. Mandatory variant Existing Portfolio - Fully priced mandatory variant to the Existing Portfolio ISIT response based on a 15-year initial contract term (not evaluated but part of the negotiation stage).
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the FTS: 2023/S 000-018434
IV.2.9)

Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice

The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Tender for the operation of selected Leisure Centres, Golf Courses, and specialist facilities in Sheffield

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

05/12/2024
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  2
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Sports and Leisure Management
48549690
2 Watling Drive, Sketchley Meadows
Leicestershire
LE103EY
UK
Telephone: +44 1455890508
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  420000000.00  GBP
Total value of the contract/lot:  378000000.00  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Royal Court of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Sheffield City Council
Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street,
Sheffield
S1 2HH
UK

VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Sheffield City Council
Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street,
Sheffield
S1 2HH
UK