Issue - meetings

A report by the Director of Leisure and Community.

RESOLVED that the Executive agrees that:

(a)  the tender submitted by the contractor ranked 1^st as set out in the confidential Appendix A to the report, being the most advantageous tender received, be accepted and the contract awarded to the company;

(b)  the contractor ranked 2^nd, as set out in confidential Appendix A to the report is appointed as reserve bidder; and

(c)  permission for agreement to make minor amendments to the contract with the preferred bidder be delegated to the Director of Leisure and Community following consultation with the Executive Member for Leisure and Community.

The comments of the Leisure and Community Scrutiny Panel were taken into account in considering this item.

The Executive Member for Leisure and Community highlighted an amendment to page 1 of the report which should read “Following the withdrawal of BH Live as the Council’s preferred operator on the 20 October 2022, the Council has undertaken a new procurement exercise”

The Executive Member for Leisure and Community placed on record her sincere thanks to all who have been involved with this project so far.

The Executive Leader brought the Executive Members’ attention to a slight change to the recommendation (c) of the report to amend the words “in consultation…” with “following consultation…”.

RESOLVED that the Executive agrees that:

(a)  the tender submitted by the contractor ranked 1^st as set out in the confidential Appendix A to the report, being the most advantageous tender received, be accepted and the contract awarded to the company;

(b)  the contractor ranked 2^nd, as set out in confidential Appendix A to the report is appointed as reserve bidder; and

(c)  permission for agreement to make minor amendments to the contract with the preferred bidder be delegated to the Director of Leisure and Community following consultation with the Executive Member for Leisure and Community.