Decision details

Bath and North East Somerset Council has undertaken a market engagement exercise to both alert the market to the potential upcoming procurement process, and to assist with the development of tender documentation to find a new operator of the Approach Pitch and Putt Golf Course.
There appears to be adequate interest from the supplier market to continue with the procurement process as planned and a SMD is required to move to Stage 2 and allocate resource.

To move to Stage 2 of the procurement process to find a new operator for the Approach Pitch and Putt Golf Course.

An Engagement report was completed which summarises the responses received and recommends actions.  There appears to be adequate interest from the supplier market to continue with the procurement process as planned.

The recommended procurement approach would be competition with negotiation or competitive dialogue, as there is very likely to be a need to discuss the proposals with suppliers before asking for a Final Tender Submission.

To not proceed with the procurement and leave the site as public open space managed by parks.  This has been rejected by the current administration at this time.