Decision details

In accordance with Part 4C of the Council’s Constitution, the Mayor agreed under paragraph 5.5 that the following be considered as a matter of urgency, and the Chair of the Scrutiny Committee also agreed the urgent matter could be considered by the Cabinet in private session in accordance with paragraph 14.4.

In accordance with paragraph 11.14 of Part 4F of the Council’s Constitution, the Mayor agreed to waive the Scrutiny call-in procedure in respect of this decision for the reasons given below.

The reasons for the urgency were that the contract needed to be awarded in line with timescale for bringing the Leisure Centres back in house on 1 April 2021.

Decision made

That Cabinet agrees to waive procurement rules to allow the Council to enter into 2 separate contracts for 3 years as follows:

Contract 1 – Leisure management Software

Contract 2 – Direct Debit bureau and Contact Centre,

as detailed in the confidential report.