Official UK procurement notice
The Management of Enfield Council's Leisure Facilities
Authority: London Borough of Enfield (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDirect award concerning the management and operation of Enfield Council's Leisure Centres (Albany Leisure Centre, Edmonton Leisure Centre, Southbury Leisure Centre and Southgate Leisure Centre) along with Arnos Pool and Bramley Bowls Centre.
CPV: Recreational, cultural and sporting services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Enfield Council has four Leisure Centres (Albany Leisure Centre, Edmonton Leisure…Awarded
Enfield Council has four Leisure Centres (Albany Leisure Centre, Edmonton Leisure Centre, Southbury Leisure Centre, and Southgate Leisure Centre), along with Arnos Pool and Bramley Bowls Centre.
Since 2010 Fusion Lifestyle Ltd. has managed all six of the facilities under contract from the Council.
Fusion and Enfield Council have come to a mutual agreement to end the contract on 3rd December 2023.
The Council has made a decision to award a contract to Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL, trading as Better) to operate the Council’s leisure centres. This contract will be for an initial period of three years, with an option to extend it for a further two years.
**Please note**
Section V2.1 - This is not yet concluded. The contract which the Council has made a decision to award will commence on 4 December 2023.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Oct 2023, 08:31 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2023, 08:31 BST
- Authority reference
DN692462- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-030381- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040c22Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
The contract will be awarded through a negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to regulation 32 (2) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. This regulation allows the Council to award a contract without prior publication “insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures cannot be complied with”.
The urgency in this case results from the forthcoming end of the Council’s contract with Fusion on short notice, with the result that a full procurement cannot be undertaken at this time without a potential delay in continued provision of leisure services.
The Council is developing a longer-term strategy for the management of the leisure services and will be carrying out a procurement exercise to engage a permanent provider in due course. A market testing session will be arranged as part of the future procurement and will be advertised via Contracts Finder and Find a Tender Service for providers to express an interest.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich Leisure Limited | £15,900,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 030381-2023-1 · Greenwich Leisure Limited
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2023
- Value
- £15,900,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Greenwich Leisure Limited Trading as BetterAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.