# Early market engagement for the procurement and management of six leisure facilities in West Northamptonshire

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [West Northamptonshire Council](/buyers/west-northamptonshire-council/contract-awards)
- Published: 1 November 2023
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: 729ceb6b-f0aa-473c-afd9-acb3ee3ee4ef-693784
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-755f4fbe-44ed-49b0-8eb3-41a5c0a85e18

## Description

West Northamptonshire Council 'the Council' has six leisure facilities which will be tendered in a contract to commence 1 April 2026\. The Council wishes to engage with the leisure operator market to better define the procurement process and to develop a commercially viable, community aware, high-quality management of the leisure services serving the needs of the local population\. This is purely a soft market test / pre-market engagement to enable the development of the services with leisure operators\. Please note there is no guarantee of being awarded a contract by replying, or not replying, to some or all of these questions\. If you wish to participate in this exercise please review and add your responses to the attached soft market test document and submit your completed document via email to procurement@westnorthants\.gov\.uk by no later than Wednesday 29th November 2023\.

## Related contract awards

- [Daventry Job Centre Relocation, - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-84d6b608-9b11-47b5-ad32-fac3dbd430ca): West Northamptonshire Council
- [CS2 St James Shops PM CA and CC](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-821610dc-907a-434a-9d8b-67002fe162dd): West Northamptonshire Council
- [Total Energy - Daventry Leisure Centre](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-35caeb12-7655-45f2-985a-a10ed2500f4b): West Northamptonshire Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/729ceb6b-f0aa-473c-afd9-acb3ee3ee4ef-693784)