Decision

The Director of Communities submitted a report
seeking the approvals to facilitate the purchase and installation
of a new Feel Good Factory gym facility at Thornton Leisure Centre
together with associated running costs for the first year. Costs of
£185,622 to be funded from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
(UKSPF), with the capital programme for 2024/25 to be updated to
reflect that this includes spend of £117,543.
 
Decision
 
The Resources Portfolio Holder and the
Leisure, Health and Community Engagement Portfolio Holder
agreed:
 

·      
That approval is given to purchase and install specialist, power
assisted Feel Good Factory exercise equipment at Thornton Leisure
Centre at a cost of £106,857 (plus 10% contingency of
£10,686). The total cost is £117,543 and this is to be
reflected in the capital programme for 2024/25, funded by an
allocation from UKSPF.
 

·      
That approval is given to fund staffing, marketing and service contract costs of
£61,890 (plus contingency of £6,189). The total cost is
£68,079 to support the first 12 months of the operation of
the Feel Good Factory funded by an
allocation from the revenue funding from UKSPF.
 

·      
That approval is given by the Resources Portfolio Holder to allow
the procurement under exemptions to contract procedures, contained
within the Financial Regulations and Financial Procedure Rules on
the grounds that: “the goods, works or services are of a
specialised nature carried out by only one or a limited number of
firms with no reasonably satisfactory alternatives
available.”