Published date: 1 December 2020

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


Closing: 30 July 2020, 12am

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

1 December 2020

Closing date

30 July 2020

Closing time

12am

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).

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

CP1603-18 North Devon Enterprise Centre - Centre Operator

  • Opportunity
  • Published 8 June 2020

Award information

Awarded date

23 October 2020

Contract start date

26 October 2020

Contract end date

25 October 2035

Total value of contract

£100,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Town Square Spaces Ltd

Address

CF83 3GG

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Iain Perkins

Address

County Hall
Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1392383000

Email

Iain.Perkins@devon.gov.uk

Website

http://www.devon.gov.uk