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United Kingdom : LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL looks for external organization to provide library services

Publish Date : 18-Apr-2015

Lincolnshire County Council is looking for an external organization to provide library services on behalf of the council. The authority is conducting a competitive procurement process following Greenwich Leisure Limited's approach. A not-for-profit organization, Greenwich Leisure Limited has interest in running local libraries.

The council has published a contract notice for this procurement.
Although a decision is yet to be taken on their future, the council will include the heritage sites it runs in the contract notice.

The council's officer Tony McGinty said : "Although we potentially face a second legal challenge, we intend to continue working on the procurement of the new-look service. The need to make substantial savings within the service remains, and it’s important we do what we can to achieve this. And we’re confident that, under our proposals, we can do this in a way that both saves money and creates a library service that is fit for the 21st century."

He added : "The council is currently considering how best to make the Ł120 million of annual savings required as a result of reduced funding and rising demand for services. That means looking at how all our services are delivered, including those relating to culture and heritage. One thing we may want to consider at some point in the future is whether these services could potentially be delivered by someone else on our behalf. And by mentioning them in this contract notice we simply leave that door open. If we do eventually decide to go down that route, this will avoid unnecessarily duplicating work, enable us to explore with bidders potential alternative ways of delivering these services and give us the flexibility to extend the contract if the proposals have merit. However, I must stress that at this stage, no decisions have been taken, and none will be taken until we have consulted with stakeholders. Identifying the best approach will require extensive preparatory work, and it is unlikely that a decision on the best way forward for these services will be taken before 2016."

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