Official UK procurement notice
Tender for the Provision of Sport and Leisure Services at Swansea Bay Sports Park
Authority: Swansea University (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwansea University and the City and County of Swansea Council (together the "Partners") shall establish a Joint Venture ("JVCo") to operate the Swansea Bay Sports Park ("SBSP"). The expectation is that the SBSP will then be managed by a third party operator under contract to the JVCo.
The Partners are looking to procure an operator to be appointed by the JVCo for the management of the SBSP. The scope of the operator contract will be for all of the facilities within the SBSP to include as the Mandatory Service (MS):
- Wales National Pool
- Sports Centre
- Athletics and Hockey facilities including AGP and Grass Pitches
- KGV fields
There will be a bidders day for interested parties on Monday 3 February 2025 if you wish to attend please do so through the portal.
CPV: Building and facilities management services · Catering services · Catering supplies · Commercial property management services · Facilities management services · Recreational, cultural and sporting services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance work in connection with sports facilities · Sports facilities operation services · Sports-event organisation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Competitive Procedure with Negotiation in accordance with regulation 29 of the Public…Renewal
Competitive Procedure with Negotiation in accordance with regulation 29 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 45
- Price: 55
- Suitability
Minimum standards and qualification details set out in the procurement documents.
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- 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
- 10 Jan 2025, 15:31 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jan 2025, 15:31 GMT
- Authority reference
SU56(25)- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000892- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cf30Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in tender documentation.
Publisher note: NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=147248 Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: As set out in tender documents. (WA Ref:147248)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 14 Feb 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
Timeline
10 Jan 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Notice published10 Jan 2025, 15:31 GMT
- Submission deadline14 Feb 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected7 Mar 2025
- Contract starts211 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- City and County of Swansea CouncilContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria