How to win: Request for Information - Supply of Retail Products to the 'Active North Yorkshire' Leisure Venues

About this contract

North Yorkshire Council (the Authority) is requesting information from suppliers to help determine the scope and feasibility of its requirement, to understand the range of potential solutions available in the market, and to assist with informing our specification and future route to market for the supply of retail products across all of the Authority’s ‘Active North Yorkshire’ Leisure venues. The Authority is seeking information from the market to better understand the range of products available for purchase at the ‘Active North Yorkshire’ Leisure and Wellbeing Hub venues, to help improve our users’ enjoyment of, and accessibility to, swimming and the sports activities available at our venues. The primary products we require includes a range of swimming and pool-side related equipment.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — The North Yorkshire Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £900,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 17 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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