Health and Wellbeing Partnership

West Devon Borough Council and South Hams District Council have great pleasure in presenting an opportunity for working in partnership with a professional leisure provider in developing and operating our leisure facilities over a twenty five (25) year period. Both Councils wish to make the most effective use of our resources (including leisure facilities) in maintaining and improving community health alongside working on wellbeing initiatives from partner organisations that improve the quality of the natural and built environment of West Devon and South Hams at the most advantageous price. As a result the Councils are inviting Tenders from prospective partners to enter into an agreement to operate and maintain the Councils' Leisure Centres and, where appropriate, design and build facilities. This is particularly relevant in the case of Ivybridge Leisure Centre, which is in need of complete redevelopment. Masterplan option work for a new centre has been undertaken by the Councils and Bidders are invited to respond with solutions that would be developed through a Design, Build and Operate contract. The Authority invites proposals from Applicants that are able to present innovative partnership arrangements that see the costs to the Councils taper over the life of the Contract in order that they may assist the Authorities in overcoming future funding reductions. The Contract is being procured by West Devon Borough Council on behalf of the shared Councils of West Devon Borough and South Hams District.

Additional information: West Devon Borough Council and South Hams District Council have great pleasure in presenting an opportunity for working in partnership with a professional leisure provider in developing and operating our leisure facilities over a twenty five(25) year period. Both Councils wish to make the most effective use of our resources (including leisure facilities) in maintaining and improving community health alongside working on wellbeing initiatives from partner organisations that improve the quality of the natural and built environment of West Devon and South Hams at the most advantageous price. As a result the Councils are inviting Tenders from prospective partners to enter into an agreement to operate and maintain the Councils' Leisure Centres and, where appropriate, design and build facilities. This is particularly relevant in the case of Ivybridge Leisure Centre, which is in need of complete redevelopment. Masterplan option work for a new centre has been undertaken by the Councils and Bidders are invited to respond with solutions that would be developed through a Design, Build and Operate contract. The Authority invites proposals from Applicants that are able to present innovative partnership arrangements that see the costs to the Councils taper over the life of the Contract in order that they may assist the Authorities in overcoming future funding reductions. The Contract is being procured by West Devon Borough Council on behalf of the shared Councils of West Devon Borough and South Hams District. Applicants may express their interest in participating in the procedure and obtain the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Submit Detailed Solutions documentation by accessing the Authority's eTendering system, Supplying the South West. Applicants are expected to express their interest in this procurement electronically via the system. Requests for the procurement documentation or expressions of interest directed at any individual of West Devon Borough Council or South Hams District Council and not via the eTendering system shall be rejected. Web address: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk The PQQ response must be delivered to the contracting authority through the Authority's etendering system. The following address is for applicants to register and express their interest on the system: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk Applicants may view the documents in pdf. format prior to expressing an interest where the Applicant feels it necessary to understand the full scope of the procurement process prior to committing to it. However, in order to formally participate in the procedure and gain access to a Word. version of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ), which is able to be overwritten with the Applicant's responses, Applicants must login and express their interest. Please note that where the Authority makes any amendments to any of the documents that are associated with this procurement process the Applicant must be logged in to the system to receive those updates. Documents appended in pdf. format to the main advertisement for this procedure will not be duly updated. If you are new to the etendering system you will need to register your organisation first, before you will be able to express your interest. Once you have accessed the system using the web address given above, please navigate to Supplier Registration on the left hand side of the page. Once there follow the steps as laid out within the Supplier Registration Wizard. When you have completed the registration, you will receive confirmation via e-mail of your username and password-please keep this safe, as you will need it for future reference to the system. This Contract is being procured by West Devon Borough Council on behalf of itself and South Hams District Council. Services shall be delivered and works shall be performed within the districts of West Devon and South Hams, within Devon, England.