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SBC 0325 Pre-Procurement Market Engagement Questionnaire for Water Inflatable Feature and Ancillary Activities

Stevenage Borough Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

This notice is a pre market engagement exercise and not a call of tenders. To provide an Aquatic Adventure facility and ancillary pay and play activities for example pedaloes, stand up paddle boards etc for the 2025 season for 4 years. The operator must be accredited and have personnel with at least five years experience with providing such a facility in a similar environment. The bidder must invest in all the equipment required to operate the facility including an inflatable unit which needs to be compliant with ISO 25649-1:2017 Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water or subsequent replacement ISO/FDIS 25649-1 Bidders must provide further investment into required infrastructure e.g. changing rooms, showers, toilets lockers, pontoon lake weights and customer equipment, buoyancy aids, wet suits etc. Accreditations are required for the facility and operation itself together with RLSS trained lifeguards. For more details on the specification requirements refer to document 2.3 in the specification. Bidders are required to meet all of the further requirements in 2.2. This is a concession contract which will need to be fully operational for the 2025 season. The concession will be based on a percentage of gross turnover of the concession contract. The contract will be aligned to the specification documents and lease for the property. Pre market engagement process To test the market and understand if operators can meet the requirements of the specification and the set up date for the 2025 season. If an operator can meet the criteria a direct award may be given or if more than one operator meets the criteria there will be a mini competition over a 2 week period. Clarification/question deadline 30 April , submission 7 May. Operators are to submit the questionnaire by the submission deadline Documents and further details are available on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home

Classification

  • CPV37416000 — Leisure equipment
  • CPV92000000 — Recreational, cultural and sporting services

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0001Value 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
CCD01592
Status
planning
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

concession

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0001
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Oct 2029, 22:59
Starts
31 May 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Oct 2030, 22:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
LOT-0001
Related Lot
LOT-0001

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
37416000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Leisure equipment
Entry 2
Id
92000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Recreational, cultural and sporting services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
016502-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
23 Apr 2025, 13:23

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
7 May 2025, 23:59
Description
To test the market and understand if operators can meet the requirements of the specification and the set up date for the 2025 season. If an operator can meet the criteria a direct award may be given or if more than one operator meets the criteria there will be a mini competition over a 2 week period. Clarification/question deadline 30 April, submission 7 May. Operators are to submit the questionnaire by the submission deadline Documents and further details are available on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PHLV-8626-LHWZ
Name
Stevenage Borough Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH23
Country
GB
Locality
Stevenage
Postal Code
SG1 1HN
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Daneshill House, Danestrete

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
PHLV-8626-LHWZ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Stevenage · UKH23 · SG1 1HN · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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