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Jun 2021
Revealed: Somerset company's Harrogate leisure contract worth £2 million
Harrogate Borough Council awarded a Somerset company a contract worth £2 million to develop plans to build a new Knaresborough leisure centre and refurbish Harrogate Hydro.
Alliance Leisure was formally chosen for the contract in November last year and appointed development manager for the £26 million projects.
The Stray Ferret asked the authority the value of the contract, which was awarded without competitive tender, but did not receive a response.
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Now, details on a local authority contract register have revealed that the contract is worth £2,107,161 and will last for 11 months.
The value is broken down into £873,783.50 for the Harrogate Hydro and £1,233,377.50 for the new Knaresborough leisure centre site.
Jim Anderson, who runs Ripon recycling firm K A Anderson, told the Stray Ferret in November he was “utterly dismayed” that the authority had given the contract to the Somerset firm.
He said:
Council bosses plan to build the new Knaresborough centre on the existing leisure centre site.
The authority has started to draw up designs for the new facility after a consultation revealed that 80% of respondents supported the site.
But residents criticised the consultation and have since launched a campaign to save a local playing field next to the development from being built on.
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