Issue - meetings

Wellbeing Portfolio

To consider report HPS/28 of the Head of Major Projects and Commercial Services.

RESOLVED

That the Cabinet approves the extension of the contract variation with Everyone Active under the terms set out in section 5.7 of report HPS/28.

Reasons for the Recommendations

The recommendation facilitates the continued re-opening of the leisure centres providing the opportunity to grow customer base and membership numbers while adhering to the Government’s Procurement Policy Note 02/20 (Supplier Relief Due to Coronavirus).

The Cabinet Member for Wellbeing presented report HPS/28 of the Head of Major Projects and Commercial Services.  The report set out the arrangements the Council had entered into with Everyone Active (EA) following the initial lockdown in March 2020 and recommended that the Cabinet extends the variation order to facilitate the continued opening of the leisure centres over the period 1 October 2021 – 31 March 2022. It was noted pleasingly that the number of users using the facilities at K2 Crawley were slowly but surely increasing and it was hoped that this pattern would continue. 

Councillor Crow was invited to speak on the item and commented that he acknowledged that there were no real alternatives for the Cabinet to consider, but to continue in the proposed approach of the contract variation, however the increasing users was a positive.

RESOLVED

That the Cabinet approves the extension of the contract variation with Everyone Active under the terms set out in section 5.7 of report HPS/28.

Reasons for the Recommendations

The recommendation facilitates the continued re-opening of the leisure centres providing the opportunity to grow customer base and membership numbers while adhering to the Government’s Procurement Policy Note 02/20 (Supplier Relief Due to Coronavirus).