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Sunderland City Council

Operator Concession for Sunderland Parklife Football Hubs - Retender

Recreation & CultureCPV 92000000
Value£17.0m
Awarded28 Aug 2018
Published10 Dec 2018
RegionNorth East
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£17.0mtotal contract value
median £75k
this tender£0£18.4m

This is a large award for Recreation, Culture & Sport — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 3,522 valued Recreation, Culture & Sport tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Sunderland City Council and its partners the Football Association, Durham County Football Association Limited, and The Foundation of Light have identified three sites in Sunderland which are proposed to be developed as Football Hubs, as part of the Football Association, Sport England and The Premier League's "Parklife" project.

The Parklife Project is intended to support sustainable grassroots provision in the City of Sunderland.

The model proposes investment in strategic sites with Artificial Grass Pitches, grass pitches and ancillary facilities that can support extensive training and match play, as well as coaching, education and Football Development initiatives.

Sunderland City Council, procuring in partnership with the Sunderland Football Trust, is seeking to procure an operator to manage the Football Hub facilities.

Construction of the Hubs is being procured independently of this process and is not included within this opportunity.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Parklife Project is intended to support

The Parklife Project is intended to support sustainable grassroots provision in the City of Sunderland.

02

The model proposes investment in strategic sites

The model proposes investment in strategic sites with Artificial Grass Pitches, grass pitches and ancillary facilities that can support extensive training and match play, as well as coaching, education and Football Development initiatives.

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Source & provenance
OCID
a17c2ad5-1308-42bb-aad3-daa3800a6b5f
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
SUN001-DN356753-45896126
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