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Wirral Water Sports Centre Complex - Preliminary Market Engagement

Wirral Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Wirral Borough Council (the "Council") is undertaking this preliminary market engagement to consult with potential operators to inform a delivery model to operate the Wirral Water Sports Centre Complex. The Wirral Water Sports Centre operates, delivers and facilitates a diverse range of Water Sports on the Council owned and managed "West Kirby Marine Lake" a key local and regional leisure and recreational health and wellbeing destination. The Council is seeking to ascertain whether there is sufficient interest from appropriate providers to establish a procurement and delivery strategy for the Wirral Water Sports Centre. The Council will retain a keen interest in the site and as such, any future operator must maintain a good relationship with the Council and will be an important consideration for the Council with regards to legacy implications. The preliminary market engagement is being carried out under the current provisions of Regulation 17 of the Procurement Regulations 2024 and Sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023.

Classification

  • CPV92610000 — Sports facilities operation services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN768521
Status
planning
Above Threshold
No
Main Procurement Category
services

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
010709-2025
Description
Internal Reference Number has been corrected

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

concession

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2030, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD74
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD74
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
92610000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Sports facilities operation services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
010705-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
21 Mar 2025, 13:57
Entry 2
Id
010709-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
21 Mar 2025, 14:01

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
14 Apr 2025, 23:59
Description
The preliminary market engagement information is available via The Chest (www.the-chest.org.uk), which is the Council's e-tendering portal. Expressions of interests by completing the relevant questions will be submitted on The Chest. The link to the advert is below - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=833c3e10-e905-f011-8136-005056b64545&p=e0cc5631-4690-e511-80fb-000c29c9ba21

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PBCP-8675-BHWT
Name
Wirral Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD74
Country
GB
Locality
Wallasey
Postal Code
CH44 8ED
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Town Hall, Brighton Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PBCP-8675-BHWT
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Wallasey · UKD74 · CH44 8ED · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD74 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04f76d-2025-03-21T14:01:07ZPreliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·