Published date: 15 July 2022

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 1 August 2022

Contract summary

Industry

  • Real estate services - 70000000

  • Building and facilities management services - 79993000

Location of contract

England

Procurement reference

OLDH001-DN622344-81972662

Published date

15 July 2022

Closing date

1 August 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Preliminary Market Engagement Exercise.

Oldham Council is to acquire and extensively renovate a town Centre Grade 2 listed building adjacent to Metro-link tram stop to provide a flexible workspace building aimed at the creative and digital sector anticipated to complete and hand over in Q1, 2024.

Expressions of Interest are requested from established creative work-space operators who would curate and manage the building in partnership with Oldham Council.

The completed space will be operated by way of a management agreement linked to key targets including occupancy, graduation to move on space, and GVA created linked to the economic impact within the creative and digital sector.

Objectives

The primary objectives of this preliminary market engagement:

Inform the market of the upcoming opportunity and seek expressions of interest.

Ensure that the requirements are correctly aligned with current and best practice and are proven and affordable.

Gain insight and feedback on delivery structures.

Gain insight and feedback on commercial and contracting structures.

Use the information gathered to inform the tender documentation in accordance with Regulation 18 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102).

More information

Links

Additional text

Participants are invited to review and submit a completed questionnaire, along with any supporting information no later than 10am on 1st August 2022 on the Council's e-tendering portal https://procontract.due-north.com -- Project Ref: DN622344.

About the buyer

Contact name

Dan Cheetham

Address

Civic Centre, Oldham
Oldham
OL1 1UT
United Kingdom

Email

dan.cheetham@oldham.gov.uk