Issue - meetings

To receive the 2020/21 PFI Contract Update report.

The Chair referred to questions that he had received from members of the Saffron Walden Squash Club that afternoon and said that he would refer them to officers to respond in writing.

The Customer Services and Performance Manager gave a summary of the report that provided an annual update on the Uttlesford Leisure PFI contract for the 2020/21 financial year. She said that the main focus related to how the contract had been managed during the COVID- 19 pandemic, risk assessments had been reviewed collaboratively by all PFI project parties and the Council had been in regular contact with 1Life. She said that the Council had waived the monthly operator fee of approximately £14,500 per month up until the end of March 2021. She referred to Paragraphs 24 to 28 that provided some assurances on the way forward in these uncertain times.

The Chair asked what would happen if the sub-contractor became insolvent.

The Customer Services and Performance Manager said that in the first instance the Project Company (Linteum Uttlesford Limited) would be responsible for procuring another operator.

Councillor Driscoll was advised by the PFI and Performance Officer that the contract had started in May 2002 and ran until August 2035 with no break clause.

The Chair received the report.