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Leisure Centre Management Contract
Meeting: 11/09/2017 - Cabinet (Item 30)
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(Cabinet Decision)
Minutes:
The Assistant Director, Regeneration and Culture, submitted a report on the management of the council’s leisure centres.
The council owns two leisure centres, Summerfield Leisure Centre and Falaise Fitness Centre, which provided a range of sports and leisure activities. Both facilities are currently managed by Freedom Leisure, the existing contract comes to an end on 31 March 2018.
The council has begun a master planning process for the White Rock area, which has identified potential opportunities to enhance the leisure facilities in this part of the town. Any new contractual arrangements would need to be sufficiently flexible to enable the council to include these sites within broader proposals in the future. Soft market testing has been undertaken with potential operators, it was noted that neighbouring authorities had received a limited number of tenders when they had undertaken similar procurement exercises.
The new contract would be procured via East Sussex Procurement Hub, using relevant best practice guidance from Sports England. The term of the contract will be 5 years, with the option of two extensions of two years each, based on a nil-management fee and a profit sharing arrangement.
Under rule 13.3 the Assistant Director, Regeneration and Culture’s report was agreed without being called for discussion.
RESOLVED that:
1. Cabinet authorises the procurement of a contract to manage the council’s indoor leisure facilities at Summerfields Leisure Centre and Falaise Fitness Centre; and
2. Cabinet delegated authority to the Director of Operational Services or his nominee and the Chief Finance Officer, in consultation with the Lead Member for Leisure, to finalise the tender specifications, undertake the tendering process and conclude all negotiations and legal agreements with the most economically advantageous tenderer
The reason for this decision was:
The current leisure management contract with freedom Leisure concludes on 31 March 2018. The two centres that are managed under this contract accommodate a range of leisure and sports activities, and are very busy. The early master planning for the White Rock area has identified the potential for greatly enhanced leisure activities which could better meet the needs of the town in the future. Thus, a long term management contract related to the existing centres could have an adverse impact on the council’s ability to capitalise on this potential.
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