Leisure Facilities Back Office Professional Services & Systems

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High Peak Borough Council and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (the Councils) have published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) in FTS (Find a Tender Service UK Portal) to alert potential suppliers of a future procurement opportunity. Notice reference: 2023/S 000-017567 Published: 20 June 2023, 4:36pm The Contract Notice will be published in the next couple of months to start the procurement and selection of a main provider for the Councils Leisure facilities operational 'back office professional support and systems' contract. The Councils are currently in outsourced concession contracts for the delivery of Leisure facilities operations, both are due to expire end of March 2024. Work is underway to establish a wholly owned Local Authority Trading Company (LATCo.) to manage their Leisure centres and deliver active health and wellness services for both Council areas, to be operational for April 2024. The Councils will be the Contracting Authorities at the point of award, however interested participants must note that there will be a requirement to novate the contract arrangements to the subsidiary company when established and operational. Potential bidders should note this contract opportunity is not limited to only IT solutions / systems and does include professional back office support services. The Contracting Authorities wish to secure a main provider for all within scope deliverables. You are advised to review the additional information contained within the Prior Information Notice published on FTS. Although the Contracting Authorities are aiming to publish the Open opportunity contract notice on 31 July 2023 this may be subject to change and may be deferred until specifications are agreed with a revised publication date during August. Additional information: Contacting Authorities in this procurement are: High Peak Borough Council and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, operating as a Strategic Alliance Budget profile is estimated and is subject to approval of business case for establishing the new Leisure Trading Company in the Autumn.

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