Decision details

The Resources Portfolio Holder and the Head of Finance submitted a report seeking approval to proceed with the procurement of the preferred External Lottery Manager (ELM) and to introduce the Wyre Community Lottery.

The Resources Portfolio Holder reported that the community lottery proposal had been very well received by the local organisations who stood to benefit from its introduction and took the opportunity to thank those that had provided the Christmas trees and lights in Fleetwood, Poulton, Cleveleys, Garstang, Preesall and Thornton.

Decision

Cabinet gave approval to:

·         procure the ELM for up to five years (subject to annual review) under the exemptions to contract procedures contained within the Financial Regulations and Financial Procedure Rules on the grounds that exemptions are permitted to contract procedures where the “goods, works or services are of a specialised nature carried out by only one or a limited number of firms with no reasonable satisfactory alternatives available.”

·         begin the collaborative planning process, working alongside our preferred ELM, with a view to launching the Wyre Community Lottery in Summer 2019, accommodating the minimum six month lead-in from when the ELM is appointed.

·         appoint the Service Director for Health and Wellbeing (with the Service Director for Performance and Innovation acting as deputy) to hold the licence and submit the necessary application to the Gambling Commission.