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Leisure Centre Management Services

South Hams District Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 22:11.

Opportunity overview

South Hams District Council ("SHDC") and West Devon Borough Council ("WDBC") (together the "Authority") holds a leisure centre management contract with Fusion Lifestyle, which was due to end on 30 November 2041 (the "Current Contract"). Fusion Lifestyle went into administration on 1 April 2026 and, as a consequence, the Authority requires continuity of service to ensure that the following leisure facilities can continue to operate: SHDC: Ivybridge Leisure Centre Totnes Leisure Centre Quayside Leisure Centre (Kingsbridge) Dartmouth Leisure Centre WDBC: Parklands Leisure Centre (Okehampton) Meadowlands Leisure Centre (Tavistock) The Authority intends to award a short-term management contract to maintain the operation of the above facilities. The Authority makes this award relying on Section 41 and Paragraph 13 to Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, as there is extreme and unavoidable urgency, for the following reasons: the services to be supplied under the public contract are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency and the urgency is unavoidable, as it is attributable solely to the administration of Fusion Lifestyle, which could not have been foreseen by the Authority, and it was not confirmed until 1 April 2026; and as a result of the urgency, the public contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure and the Authority has not been able to find a suitable alternative route to ensuring continuity of services in these complex circumstances. The Authority will shortly start a formal procurement competition in accordance with the PA 2023 order to ensure that it is able to select an operator to provide the leisure service for a mid/longer term duration on the expiry of the short term management contract.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

PARKWOOD LEISURE LIMITED

Matched by number
Contract value
£9.5m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
26 May 2026
Including VAT
£11.4m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 03232979
Location
Chorley, UKD47, PR7 4AT, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

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
ocds-h6vhtk-067b58
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The Authority has awarded a short-term management contract to maintain the operation of the above facilities. The Authority makes this award relying on Section 41 and Paragraph 13 to Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, as there is extreme and unavoidable urgency, for the following reasons: the services to be supplied under the public contract are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency and the urgency is unavoidable, as it is attributable solely to the administration of Fusion Lifestyle, which could not have been foreseen by the Authority, and it was not confirmed until 1 April 2026; and as a result of the urgency, the public contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure and the Authority has not been able to find a suitable alternative route to ensuring continuity of services in these complex circumstances. The Authority will shortly start a formal procurement competition in accordance with the PA 2023 order to ensure that it is able to select an operator to provide the leisure service for a mid/longer term duration on the expiry of the short term management contract.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
switchingDirectAward

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
South Hams District Council
Id
GB-PPON-PGRN-9782-BBWZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGRN-9782-BBWZ

Address

Street Address
Follaton House, Plymouth Road
Locality
Totnes
Postal Code
TQ9 5NE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK43

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
West Devon Borough Council
Id
GB-PPON-PTBX-7914-WGNZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PTBX-7914-WGNZ

Address

Street Address
Kilworthy Park, Drake Road
Locality
Tavistock
Postal Code
PL19 0BZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK43

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 3
Name
PARKWOOD LEISURE LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-03232979

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
03232979

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZXX-8231-QJQX

Address

Street Address
The Stables Duxbury Park
Locality
Chorley
Postal Code
PR7 4AT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD47

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
92600000
Description
Sporting services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKK4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-03232979
Name
PARKWOOD LEISURE LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
27 May 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
27 May 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 May 2027, 23:59
Max Extent Date
30 May 2028, 23:59

Renewal

Description
There is the option to extend by one or more period(s) of up to 12 months.

Value

Including VAT
11,420,000
Amount
9,516,666.67
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Membership Numbers
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
Customer Satisfaction
Entry 3
Id
3
Title
Financial Performance

Documents

Entry 1
Id
068135-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
20 Jul 2026, 11:20
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Totnes · UKK43 · TQ9 5NE · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 030654-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 030663-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 068135-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·