Published date: 18 December 2020

This notice was replaced on 2 February 2021

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 2 February 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial and insurance services - 66000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£175,000

Procurement reference

GMCA001-DN517309-25537839

Published date

18 December 2020

Closing date

20 January 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

5 February 2021

Contract end date

4 February 2024

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

The GMCA is tendering on behalf of The Greater Manchester FOF Limited Partnership, acting through its General Partner, Greater Manchester FOF (GP) Limited (the Fund of Funds), which wishes to receive Tenders for a Fund Administrator Services contract which will be subject to this Invitation to Tender (ITT) , including the Fund of Funds' specification of services and other contract documents enclosed and/or accompanying this ITT. Further details about the Fund of Funds and the Technical Specification /information about the services to be provided under this contract are set out in section 4 of this document.
The Contract period will be for 3 years, with the option of 2 x 12-month extensions.
The intended contract services commencement date is 5th February 2021 (although the Fund of Funds reserves the right to amend this timescale).
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority ("the GMCA") was successful in its application to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government ("CLG") for £60 million of European Regional Development Funding ("ERDF") under the ERDF England Operational Programme 2014-20201("the Operational Programme").
The overall objective of the project is to address the market failure in the supply of finance for urban development and low carbon projects in Greater Manchester in line with Priority Axis 1 and 4 of the Operational Programme.
*** Contract Documents are available via The Chest portal https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ ****


About the buyer

Contact name

Bushra Dawood

Address

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters
146 Bolton Road, Swinton
Salford
M27 8US
England

Telephone

+44 1616084120

Email

dawoodb@manchesterfire.gov.uk

Website

http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/