Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Basildon Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £18,664,434.19
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Recreation, culture & sport · Sports facilities operation services (CPV 92610000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 017868-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Apr 2011
- Published27 Feb 2026Published 5418 days after the contract date
Description
The council's leisure services (Basildon Sporting Village, Eversley Leisure Centre and Wickford Swim and Fitness Centre) are operated and delivered by Sports and Leisure Management Ltd (SLM), trading as Everyone Active (EA), under two separate contracts, one for Basildon Sporting Village and another for "Other Leisure" that includes Eversley Leisure Centre and Wickford Swim and Fitness Centre.
About the supplier
Sports and Leisure Management Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02204085).