Decision details
Procurement of the Leisure Management Contract
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
This report outlines the borough’s
current leisure provision and seeks challenges created by Covid-19
In one or two sentences set out what the item is about The Leisure
Management Contract (LMC) is responsible for the management and
governance of the borough’s 6 leisure centres:
• John Orwell Sports Centre
• Mile End Park Leisure Centre & Stadium,
• St. George’s Leisure Centre
• Tiller Leisure Centre
• Whitechapel Sports Centre &
• York Hall Leisure Centre
The LMC was awarded to GLL for a 15-year period in 2004. This
contract expired in April 2019 and was extended for a further 3
years ending in April 2022 following Cabinet approval in September
2017.
This report seeks approval to re-procure the leisure management
contract at the end of the existing contract term
Decision:
The Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses were noted.
The exempt appendices were noted.
DECISION
1. To authorise the Corporate Director Children and Culture to Extend the existing leisure management contract (LMC) and the Poplar Baths leisure services contract by two years each to 2024. This extension will allow the leisure market to stabilise and give GLL additional time to repay the management fee to the Council
2. To authorise the Corporate Director Children and Culture in consultation with the Corporate Director Place to extend the leisure centre leases.
3. To note the financial information regarding the leisure portfolio in Appendix 1 to the report.
4. To authorise the Corporate Director Children and Culture to begin preparatory work for the re-procurement of the leisure management contract, including the Poplar Baths Leisure Services and that a further report be brought to Cabinet setting out the options for the procurement in due course.
5. To note that an Equalities Impact Assessment has not been completed as yet because the procurement planning has not begun at this stage.
6. To authorise the execution of any agreements necessary to give effect to the recommendations.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, CHILDREN AND CULTURE (J. THOMAS)
(Divisional Director, Sport, Leisure and Culture (J. St John)
Report author: Yasmin Ashley
Publication date: 30/01/2021
Date of decision: 27/01/2021
Decided at meeting: 27/01/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 06/02/2021
Accompanying Documents:
- 6.3 Procurement of the Leisure Management Contract
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