Published date: 8 June 2020
This notice was replaced on 1 December 2020
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Awarded contract (published 1 December 2020)
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Contract summary
Industry
Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000
Office-support services - 79500000
Miscellaneous business and business-related services - 79900000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£100,000
Procurement reference
DVNCC001-DN354444-33337382
Published date
8 June 2020
Closing date
30 July 2020
Contract start date
17 September 2020
Contract end date
16 September 2035
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Devon County Council is developing a new Enterprise Centre to serve Northern Devon to support the start-up and growth of innovative small businesses with high growth potential. An essential part of this is the engagement of an expert operator to both manage the facility and provide on-site and outreach business support services.
The Enterprise Centre is forecast to open in early 2020 as the flagship development for the planned new Roundswell South Business Park. The site is owned by the County Council and occupies a high-profile location off the A39 on the outskirts of Barnstaple (the main urban centre for northern Devon), close to an established commercial area. Working closely with a local stakeholder group, including the two District Councils, Petroc FE/HE College and business leaders, the County Council has developed the project to planning. The ethos of the proposal is to offer a high-quality environment with tailored support to enable the target business audience to collaborate, learn, grow and thrive.
Following an encouraging market demand assessment, and with funding1 and planning permission pending, the Council are embarking on an open and transparent soft market testing exercise to help establish the most attractive way of packaging and scoping a potential future procurement opportunity for the lease of the Centre to an operator. As a key part of this, the workshop will be a half-day
Devon County Council is taking an outcome-focussed approach and envisages leasing the building with a high degree of flexibility/devolved control to the operator, subject to the delivery of contracted outputs and adherence to the requirements of the funders (including European Regional Development Fund).
About the buyer
Contact name
Iain Perkins
Address
County Hall
Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1392383000
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