How to win: Leisure Management for Parish Wharf and Strode Leisure Centres

About this contract

The Council requires a single supplier for Leisure Management Services to manage the operation of two Leisure Centres in North Somerset, Strode Leisure Centre in Clevedon and Parish Wharf Leisure Centre in Portishead. The centres welcome over 600,000 uses annually, making a significant contribution to public health, wellbeing, and community cohesion. The successful tenderer will deliver an inclusive and affordable leisure offer through the centres for people of all ages, offering membership and pay and play opportunities. Alongside state-of-the-art fitness equipment and classes, they will maintain access to lower income-generating activities such as badminton and pickleball. This balanced and varied provision supports participation across all abilities, helping residents to stay active and enhance their wellbeing. The route to market will be via a competitive flexible procedure with a negotiation stage. The intention is to invite ISIT and BAFO submissions, with a dialogue/negotiation stage between. The current tender timetable is as follows: Publish Conditions of Participation and ISIT- 8 July 2026 Deadline for Conditions of Participation and ISIT- August 2026 (specific date TB

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — North Somerset Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £2,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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