Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Oxford City Council
Town Hall, St Aldates
Oxford
OX1 1BX
Contact
Procurement@oxford.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
National registration number
https://www.oxford.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Leisure Futures
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Oxford City Council is holding an ‘open day’ for potential partners on Friday March 3rd, 1.30pm – 4pm at Oxford Town Hall. This will enable potential partners to understand our vision and be able to ask questions. If you would like to attend this session please contact Hagan Lewisman (Active Communities Manager) at hlewisman@oxford.gov.uk by 5pm on the 2nd March, advising us of the names and roles of those attending.Thank you for considering us.Ian Brooke (Head of Community Services)
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Main site or place of performance
Oxford
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Oxford City Council prides itself in delivering world class services and innovatively finding new solutions to meet today’s challenges. We are an award winning council with an excellent track record. Like most councils, our budgets are under immense pressure, we have seen a £7m reduction in funding because of austerity measures. While the Council will do all it can to prioritise protecting services that support the most vulnerable, we will need to find new ways of doing things and need to take tough choices to balance our budget. Our leisure centres contract expires in April 2024, which provides an opportunity for these facilities to better meet changing community needs – to reflect this we are considering changing the name from leisure to Active Wellbeing Centres. We will look to provide the best possible leisure service – we will do this through a period of dialogue with potential operators and compare this with an in-house comparator. We want an innovative solution that balances cost and social value and to improve the role the centres play in delivering the outcomes in the council’s corporate plan. We also wish to explore how we can improve the links with parks and outdoor activity.This provides an opportunity to integrate local authority services to enable a preventative, customer focussed long-term model to be developed. We now have a window of opportunity to reimagine how Oxford’s leisure centres could play a more substantial role in tackling health inequalities that is more integrated with work by health and Oxfordshire County Council public health providers. The recently produced Fit for the Future: the role of district councils in improving health and wellbeing: makes a strong case for integrating council-run leisure and wellbeing services into the health system.
two.2.14) Additional information
A more detailed brief is available via the in-tend portal or procurement@oxford.gov.uk.we are seeking expressions of interest to discuss the potential procurementOxford City Council is holding an ‘open day’ for potential partners on Friday March 3rd, 1.30pm – 4pm at Oxford Town Hall.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
17 February 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Introduction Oxford City Council prides itself in delivering world class services and innovatively finding new solutions to meet today’s challenges. We are an award winning council with an excellent track record. Like most councils, our budgets are under immense pressure, we have seen a £7m reduction in funding because of austerity measures. While the Council will do all it can to prioritise protecting services that support the most vulnerable, we will need to find new ways of doing things and need to take tough choices to balance our budget. Our leisure centres contract expires in April 2024, which provides an opportunity for these facilities to better meet changing community needs – to reflect this we are considering changing the name from leisure to Active Wellbeing Centres. We will look to provide the best possible leisure service – we will do this through a period of dialogue with potential operators and compare this with an in-house comparator. We want an innovative solution that balances cost and social value and to improve the role the centres play in delivering the outcomes in the council’s corporate plan. We also wish to explore how we can improve the links with parks and outdoor activity.This provides an opportunity to integrate local authority services to enable a preventative, customer focussed long-term model to be developed. We now have a window of opportunity to reimagine how Oxford’s leisure centres could play a more substantial role in tackling health inequalities that is more integrated with work by health and Oxfordshire County Council public health providers. The recently produced Fit for the Future: the role of district councils in improving health and wellbeing: makes a strong case for integrating council-run leisure and wellbeing services into the health system.Our strategic direction Oxford City Council have just agreed a new Thriving Communities Strategy which includes our approach to leisure services. The Strategy brings together leisure, culture, and our work with communities to tackle inequalities. We will do this by encouraging well-designed neighbourhoods and parks where healthy lifestyles are the norm (sometimes called healthy place-shaping) developing skills, ensuring growth is inclusive, strengthening communities and improving access.Thriving Communities is one of the four interconnected pillars of this plan, alongside our commitment to tackling climate change, building an inclusive economy and affordable housing. We have just completed a £13 million pound leisure centre decarbonisation programme making innovative improvements to Oxford’s leisure centres.The Strategy aims include targeting our resources where they will have the greatest impact, adapting and integrate our services so they can react to changing community needs, working more closely with partners and connecting with the integrated care system and developing stainable, inclusive and accessible leisure and community offer.