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This report details the outcome of the procurement exercise which has taken place to find an operator for the Rainbow Leisure Centre for the next 10 years. The contract with the current operator, Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) expires at the end of September 2025, without an option to extend. An invitation to tender was published last year to secure an operator for the next contract period. The procurement exercise has finished, and this report makes a recommendation to the Committee, in accordance with our Contract Standing Orders, for the award of contract to the Preferred Supplier.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously agreed to:

(1)       Approve the proposal to appoint the Preferred Supplier for the delivery of leisure services at the Rainbow Leisure Centre (Option A), as identified through the procurement process and in accordance with the Council’s Contract Standing Orders.

(2)       Approve the award of the contract to the second placed bidder, should the contract be unable to be finalised with the Preferred Supplier; and if the same should happen with the second placed bidder, the contract awarded to the third placed bidder.

(3)       Nominate and authorise the Assistant Director of Corporate Services, in consultation with the Director of Corporate Services and Head of Legal Services to take all necessary steps to bring into effect the recommendations resolved by this Committee.

The Committee received a report detailing the outcome of the procurement exercise which had taken place to find an operator for the Rainbow Leisure Centre for the next 10 years. The contract with the current operator, Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) was due to expire at the end of September 2025, without an option to extend. An invitation to tender was published in 2024 to secure an operator for the next contract period. The procurement exercise had finished, and the report made a recommendation to the Committee, in accordance with our Contract Standing Orders, for the award of contract to the Preferred Supplier.

The following matters were considered:

a)             Councillor Briefings. A Member of the Committee expressed that the most recent briefing for councillors regarding the leisure centre contract had been held for members of the Committee on 25 March 2025, and that subsequent to this the membership of the Committee had changed at the Council’s Mayor Making meeting in May 2025.

The matters that were considered by the Committee in relation to this item following the exclusion of the Press and Public is recorded in a separate (not for publication) restricted minute.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously agreed to:

(1)       Approve the proposal to appoint the Preferred Supplier for the delivery of leisure services at the Rainbow Leisure Centre (Option A), as identified through the procurement process and in accordance with the Council’s Contract Standing Orders.

(2)       Approve the award of the contract to the second placed bidder, should the contract be unable to be finalised with the Preferred Supplier; and if the same should happen with the second placed bidder, the contract awarded to the third placed bidder.

(3)       Nominate and authorise the Assistant Director of Corporate Services, in consultation with the Director of Corporate Services and Head of Legal Services to take all necessary steps to bring into effect the recommendations resolved by this Committee.