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Published 6 May 2022, 14:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CC5796 Management of Tennis Courts within Parks & Tennis Development Services in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Official notice

Authority: Tower Hamlets

ServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 6 Jun 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets (the “Council”), as part of its Sports and Physical Activity Strategy is seeking to appoint an operator partner (the “Partner”) that will promote, develop, and manage tennis provision within several Parks Sites in Tower Hamlets

The contract with the current operator comes to an end on 31st August 2022

The purpose of the tender is to identify a Partner who can demonstrate their ability to work with the Parks Service to drive the service and tennis development forward, and who can demonstrate a flexible approach to deliver the best possible tennis facility and services within agreed criteria and outcomes

CPV: Sport-related services · Sports facilities operation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The objective of the project is to contract out the management of the parks tennis…

The objective of the project is to contract out the management of the parks tennis facilities to a professional operator who can manage the court booking system, ensure courts are well managed, and promote tennis to residents

The contract term of 5 years will ideally make it financially viable for the operator to

  • To create and administer an online booking system
  • Develop an active tennis programme, with relevant coaching and competition provision
  • Develop an outreach programme through schools and community groups
  • Promote tennis to local residents
  • Ensure all tennis courts are well managed and maintained to a high standard

The service will include offering tennis to schools and community groups, and to those who may have felt the sport may not be for them, incl. minority groups, the elderly etc.. Built in the contract will be some free court time for those unable to afford or on income support, the tender will work to incorporate this is an additional community benefit.

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 May 2022, 14:53 BST
Last source update
6 May 2022, 14:53 BST
Award evaluation window
6 Jun 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN607383
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011866
Classification (CPV)
Sport-related servicesSports facilities operation services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 May 2022 → 6 Jun 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    6 May 2022, 14:53 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Tower Hamlets

Contracting authorityRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, Town Hall, London, UK, E14 2BGContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.