Agenda and decisions

To receive declarations of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or other registrable or non-registrable interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.

The Committee is asked to consider whether it wishes to pass a resolution to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting in accordance with Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the business involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended) and that pursuant to paragraph 10 of Part 2 of the said Schedule 12A the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

During the Committee’s debate on item 2 of the agenda (Preferred Supplier of leisure services at the rainbow leisure centre), the Committee considered that due to the sensitivity of the information contained within Appendix 1 to the report, an exclusion of the Press and Public would be necessary in order to enable effective debate on the matter in question.

The Chair proposed a motion that the Press and Public be excluded from the meeting in accordance with Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended) and that pursuant to paragraph 10 of Part 2 of the said Schedule 12A the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

The Committee unanimously agreed the motion as set out by the Chair.

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.