Management of Sports Facilities for Community use

Purpose of the tender

The specification sets out the arrangements for the management, operation and community use of the sports facilities situated at Cecil Jones Academy ("the Facilities"), Southend on Sea.

The parties acknowledge that the Facilities have been developed to support:

o Community participation in sport and physical activity;

o Health, wellbeing and social inclusion;

o Access to high-quality sporting facilities for local residents, clubs and community organisations;

o The long-term protection, maintenance and enhancement of the Facilities.

The Trust's primary objective is the delivery of community benefit. The Trust does not require the Facilities to generate a commercial profit. Any operating surplus generated through community use shall be reinvested into the maintenance, improvement and sustainability of the Facilities.

2. Facilities in scope

o Full-size 3G Artificial Grass Pitch;

o Outdoor Tennis/Netball Courts;

o Sprint Track and Long Jump Facility;

o Changing accommodation associated with the outdoor facilities

o Spectator areas;

o Car parking for community users, comprising 61 spaces including 5 accessible bays

o Ancillary facilities used in connection with Community Use, namely the toilets, male and female, and first aid provision within the changing accommodation, floodlighting serving the 3G pitch and courts, and the access routes between the car park, changing accommodation and outdoor facilities.