Decision details

RESOLVED that:

1.            the contract for the management of Bracknell Leisure Centre, Coral Reef and Downshire Golf Complex be awarded to supplier C.

2.            the contract with supplier C will begin on the 1^st March 2018.

The recommendations are based on a detailed evaluation of all tender bids by an experienced senior management team from Environment, Culture and Communities Department, alongside colleagues from the Procurement and Transformation teams.

The assessment process followed the structure identified within the procurement plan which was previously agreed by the Executive.  As such there was a 60% weighting towards cost and 40% towards quality for both Lots 1 and 2.  Tenderers had to detail how they would provide elements of the service matched with relevant evidence and also provided detailed method statements.  Consequently, the recommendations provide the best combination of quality and cost from all tenders submitted.

The alternative option to outsourcing the management of the three Leisure sites named above is to retain them in house. Whilst the sites have been successfully managed in house the financial pressures the Authority is currently under would mean that significant cuts would have to be made to service provision and staff. This option was not acceptable to the Council.

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