Build the procurement brief before suppliers start filling the gaps with assumptions.

SPORTS FACILITY TENDER / RFP INPUT — BASKETBALL
Prepared from the LUTHVAR Global Sports Technical Library
Reference review: 4 October 2026
Project: [Project name]
Country / destination: [Destination]
Project stage: Tender / RFP
Environment: Indoor
Procurement model: Supply-only
1. PROJECT INTENT
A facility-level basketball reference for architects, clubs, schools, developers and venue operators. Use it to coordinate the court, floor, backstops, scoring, lighting, seating, building interfaces, storage and evidence before exact products are released.
2. REQUIRED PROJECT INPUTS
- Competition level and governing requirement
- Hall plan and clear height
- Court / boundary geometry
- Floor construction and slab information
- Backstop family and storage route
- Scoring / shot-clock / FÍSVOR scope
- Lighting and broadcast target
- Seating / accessibility / circulation
- Divider and roof-service interfaces
- Installation and local-engineering responsibilities
3. TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
- GEOMETRY: Coordinate the 28 × 15 m playing court, outer boundary, backstop position, team / scorer zones, player movement and the wider hall envelope. FIBA's venue guide uses 32 × 19 m as the minimum overall court area reference.
- SURFACE: Compare approved wood, glass and synthetic pathways by competition level. Resolve slab flatness, moisture, sprung-floor construction, dead spots, rolling loads, temporary-event protection and humidity control.
- EQUIPMENT: Choose mobile, floor-fixed, wall-mounted or ceiling-mounted backstops from the building interface first. Then match boards, rings, nets, padding and shot-clock support to the exact system.
- LIGHTING: Coordinate horizontal and vertical illuminance, uniformity, glare, flicker, colour rendering and camera requirements. Competition/broadcast design should be based on the highest event level the venue intends to host.
- SPECTATORS: Plan courtside seating, retractable banks, tiered sightlines, accessible viewing, circulation, team benches, scorer table and media positions together.
- STRUCTURE: Check slab loads, anchors, wall reactions, roof / secondary steel, clear height, divider travel, lighting, ducts, sprinklers, scoreboards and rigging before equipment release.
- ENVIRONMENT: Control direct sun, internal glare, temperature, humidity and water ingress. Wood and resilient systems can be permanently damaged by uncontrolled moisture.
- ACCESSIBILITY: Coordinate wheelchair viewing, accessible spectator routes, ramps to raised portable floors, player access and inclusive height-adjustable equipment where appropriate.
- STORAGE: Show deployed and parked dimensions for backstops, portable floors, seating, divider curtains and event equipment. Door widths, thresholds and floor protection should be drawn, not assumed.
- TECHNOLOGY: Coordinate scorer console, game clock, shot clocks, repeaters, FÍSVOR displays, power, data, cameras and venue control as one match-control layer.
- EVIDENCE: Separate FIBA competition level, FIBA Approved Equipment, exact-model technical evidence and project-specific structural / local-code requirements.
- LIFECYCLE: Document daily cleaning, floor inspection, recoating/refinishing, equipment lubrication, fastener checks, padding condition, spare components, seating inspection and control-system testing.
4. DRAWING / SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS
- Court + outer boundary plan
- Backstop deployed / parked plan
- Floor build-up + slab interface
- Roof / wall equipment coordination section
- Scorer / team / courtside layout
- Seating sightline diagram
- Power + data schematic
- Storage/changeover plan
- Exact-system CAD/DWG/BIM only where verified and applicable to the selected system.
- Revision-controlled project drawings where setting-out, foundations, structure or building interfaces are project-specific.
5. EVIDENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Current governing-body requirement applicable to the intended competition/use level.
- Exact product/model test, certification or approval evidence where claimed.
- Installed-field/court/facility testing where the governing programme requires it.
- Project-specific structural, civil, electrical, access and statutory review by the appointed local professionals.
- Warranty, spares, maintenance and handover documentation for the exact quoted configuration.
6. MAINTENANCE / HANDOVER
- Court cleaning and slip-control regime
- Humidity / moisture monitoring
- Backstop and ring inspection
- Padding and protection inspection
- Shot-clock / scoring functional checks
- Seating and guard inspection
- Floor recoating / resurfacing planning
- Critical spares register
7. COMMERCIAL / SUPPLY BOUNDARY
Apollo is wholesale and project supply-only. Local design, foundations, civil works, electrical work, installation labour, site management, statutory approvals and professional sign-off remain with the appointed project parties unless a specific manufacturer support item is expressly included.
8. CLIENT / CONSULTANT NOTES
[Add project-specific requirements, tender clauses, programme, phasing or interfaces here.]
9. PRIMARY GOVERNING REFERENCES
- FIBA Venue Guide: https://www.venueguide.fiba.basketball/vanue-design
- FIBA Outdoor Courts & Facilities: https://www.venueguide.fiba.basketball/outdoor-courts-and-facilities
This builder creates a structured tender input, not a final construction specification. Current official rules, project consultants and exact selected-system information take precedence.