Published date: 3 January 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 27 July 2018, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Air-charter services - 60423000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0.01

Procurement reference

2018-WMGC-MFL01

Published date

3 January 2021

Closing date

27 July 2018

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 September 2018

Contract end date

15 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) was established in April 2017 to create new jobs, expand existing businesses and attract new businesses and investment to the region. It is aligned to the ambitions set out in the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Strategic Economic Plan.

The WMGC has been established in partnership with Local Enterprise Partnerships, local authorities, Growth Hubs, universities and a wide range of businesses across the private sector. It focuses its core activities across Greater Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire and the Black Country, with the potential and scope to deliver services in a wider Midlands context.

The WMGC is owned by the WMCA, its Constituent Members and Universities, with governance that heavily involves the private sector in the majority. Its core WMCA and local authority funding will be used to attract significant additional funding from the private sector and other sources, such as future Devolution Deals.

As part of the Midlands Engine (ME) economic development project, the Midlands will go to MIPIM (the world's leading property investment event) in Cannes in March 2019 as a unified group, promoting the region. The Midlands UK delegation will comprise leaders from the Public and Private sector from all over the ME region, (Shropshire to Lincolnshire and Derbyshire to Warwickshire). The absence of a scheduled flight from Birmingham (or East Midlands) to Nice in March has made travel inconvenient and lengthy, involving either changes in Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam, or a long drive to Luton or Heathrow. For the first time in 2017, a charter flight was commissioned by the 'WMGC' working with our appointed broker and Birmingham Airport. After this success a charter flight was also run in 2018.

The WMGC works as a key partner within the Midlands Engine partnership and is charged with project managing the Midlands Engine presence at MIPIM 2019.

This contract is for MIPIM 2019 for charter flight services.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

MIPIM 2019 Charter Flight

  • Opportunity
  • Published 10 July 2018


Award information

Awarded date

1 September 2018

Contract start date

17 September 2018

Contract end date

15 March 2019

Total value of contract

£44,495

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

AIR PARTNER PLC

Address

2 City Place, Beehive Ringroad,Gatwick Airport
HORLEY
Surrey
RH6 0PA
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 00980675

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Jones

Address

Broad Street
BIRMINGHAM
B12ND
England

Telephone

0121 202 5115

Email

paul.jones@wmgrowth.com