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# Facilities Management for the Sugden Sport Centre

[The University of Manchester](https://tendernation.io/buyers/the-university-of-manchester)

Estimated value

Not stated

Published

1 Oct 2024

Deadline

Closed

1 Nov 2024

## Who can bid

- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

- Background to the Requirement

2.1 The Sugden Sports Centre is jointly owned by the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University with the ambition to provide excellent sporting facilities to its students, staff and the local community.

2.2 The Centre is located at 114 Grosvenor Street, just off Oxford Road, at the heart of the Manchester student population. The combined population of the two Universities is some 70,000 people (staff and students). Plans of the building are provided in Appendix 6.

2.3 The Centre comprises the following facilities:

o 100+ station fitness suite

o Group exercise studio

o Dedicated spin studio

o 2x 8 Badminton court sports halls

o 6x Squash courts

o 1x Personal training room (for sole use by the university sport departments, however the room to be serviced (ie, cleaned and maintained by third party)

o 1x outdoor 3G five a side football area

o 1x Physio Room - a purpose built clinical space bookable by users with the appropriate qualifications. It will remain the responsibility of the Service Provider to maintain these spaces.

2.4 The programming of the Centre provides predominantly for the needs of university sport through the provision of casual use, exercise and fitness classes, student sports clubs, participation programmes, health and fitness provision and staff activities. There is also some limited community usage and potential exists to extend this during student vacation periods. The centre is used for various external events.

2.5 In university term time there is an extensive programme which prioritises club and student participation use. This programme is developed and agreed by the universities. This impacts heavily on sports hall and 3G in particular and to a lesser extent in the Activity rooms and squash courts. An example facility timetable is included in Appendix 9.

2.6 Opening Times

The Centre is currently open at the following times on a year-round basis.

### Monday to Friday 7.00am to 10.30pm

### Saturday and Sunday 9.00am to 7.00pm

Agreement on closure at Christmas and on bank holidays will be agreed on an annual basis between the Contractor and the Universities.

- Shared Vision for the operation of the Sugden Sports Centre

3.1 The Head of Sport at University of Manchester and the Strategic Lead for Sport at Manchester Metropolitan University have developed a shared vision for the Sugden Sports Centre:

'A state-of-the-art sports facility catering for staff and students of both universities, which can maximise community and corporate opportunities, whilst supporting a full range of programmes from health & wellbeing to sporting excellence and is regarded as a significant sporting facility within the city.'

3.2 It is expected that the successful service provider demonstrates a commitment and understanding to the delivery of this vision, w...

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

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## CPV classification

Commercial property management services

Source

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