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Sports and Leisure Management Limited Outsourced Services

Buyer: Watford Borough Council

Published
8 July 2025
Estimated value
£63,000,000
Place of performance
UKI
Procedure
Direct award
Lots
1
Notice number
038405-2025
Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-055b8a
Official source
Official source

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Description

Watford Borough Council intends to enter a deed of variation with Sports and Leisure Management Limited (the Contractor) as the outsourced provider of leisure management services. SLM acts as the principle in providing leisure services from the council owned premises at Woodside, Central and the paddling pool at Cassiobury Park. SLM will act as agent of the council, with SLM providing leisure services on behalf of the council in the council’s name. The Underlying Contract was originally procured under Procurement Notice Watford Sports facilities operation services 2017/S 049-089978:, published on 10th March 2017. The opportunity to change the status, follows the successful litigation taken by Chelmsford City Council in 2022 and subsequently HMRC revised its guidance in 2023 in relation to the VAT treatment of leisure services provided by local authorities.

Awards

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