01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- East Devon District Council
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
The Authority is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced long-term operator to undertake leisure management services for the following Facilities: Dual Use Leisure Facilities * Axminster Leisure Centre, EX13 5AZ * Broadclyst Leisure Centre, EX5 3AL * Colyton Leisure Centre, EX24 6GB * Exmouth Tennis and Fitness Centre, EX8 3AE * Honiton Leisure Centre, EX14 1QW * Ottery St Mary Leisure Centre, EX11 1QZ * Sidmouth Leisure Centre, EX10 9LH Indoor Leisure Facilities * Exmouth Leisure Centre, EX8 1EN * Exmouth Pavilion (Theatre), EX8 2AZ * Sidmouth Swimming Pool, EX10 8XR Outdoor Leisure Facilities * Coburg Gardens (18 hole Putting Green, 4 Outdoor Hard Tennis Courts, 4 Outdoor Grass Tennis Courts), EX10 8NH * Seafield Gardens (9 hole Adventure Golf, 2 Outdoor Tennis Courts), EX12 2QS * Phear Park (3 Outdoor Tennis Courts) Health and Wellbeing Development * Health and Wellbeing Development Programme * Partnership working as set out in this Specification Any additional leisure or sports facilities that may be built within the Authority’s administrative area (that may also be part of educational sites), or that become the Authority’s responsibility during the Contract Period. Once appointed, the operator will manage the Facilities as an Operator Partner to the Authority and will have day-to-day responsibility for doing so. Please refer to the Specification which sets out the Authority’s Core Requirements, Service Requirements , Asset Management Requirements and Performance Management and Reporting Requirements. For all Facilities, the Operator Partner will be responsible for all day-to-day repairs and maintenance of fixtures and fittings, as set out the specification. The Authority will be responsible for all fixed structural assets at the Facilities. The Operator Partner will additionally take responsibility for lifecycle replacement of all plant and equipment at the new Cranbrook Facility, and for these elements and planned preventative maintenance as set out in the Specification for all other Facilities.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
ED0407-25 - EDDC Leisure Management
- Awarded
- 15 September 2026
- Award value
- £10,000,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
East Devon District Council
Blackdown House, Honiton, UKK43, EX2 4QD, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PLPC-3866-LXMNLeisure East Devon Community Leisure Ltd
Unit 16, Woodbury Business Park, Woodbury, UKK43, EX5 1AY, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PTNN-1366-LPJMSport and Leisure Management Limited
2 Watling Drive, Hinckley, UKF22, LE10 3EY, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PTCY-3946-LHDGWealden Leisure Ltd T/A Freedom Leisure
The Paddock 1 – 6 Carriers Way, East Hoathly, UKJ22, BN8 6AG, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PVYN-8735-CJQMCompanies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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