Managed lettings services for The Sir John Brunner Foundation

The Sir John Brunner Foundation Multi-Academy Trust (Cheshire) is undertaking pre-market engagement in relation to a proposed procurement for the management of community lettings and facilities hire across part of its estate.
The initial scope is expected to include Middlewich High School and Sir John Deane's Sixth Form College, with the possibility of future extension to other Trust sites, subject to suitability, value for money and operational requirements. The Trust's wider estate includes The County High School, Leftwich and (from November) primary academies in the Northwich area. The Trust is seeking to understand the market for managed lettings services and to inform the development of its final specification, procurement route and commercial model. The proposed requirement is expected to involve the management, marketing, booking, administration and operational delivery of lettings and community use of school and college facilities outside core educational hours.
The Trust's objectives are to:
increase utilisation of facilities outside normal school and college hours;
improve and expand access for local clubs, voluntary organisations and community groups;
support sustainable community use, particularly for local and regular users;
ensure safeguarding, site security, supervision and operational control during lettings activity;
reduce the administrative and operational burden on academy staff;
protect the condition, readiness and availability of facilities for core educational use;
increase income through improved utilisation and broader use of facilities, rather than relying solely on price increases; and
establish a professional, compliant and scalable lettings model capable of operating across multiple academy sites where appropriate.
The facilities potentially within scope include, but are not limited to, indoor sports halls, outdoor pitches, all-weather/3G or astro facilities, playing fields, performance and assembly spaces, classrooms, specialist...