Published date: 29 March 2019

Last edited date: 29 March 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 30 March 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Leisure equipment - 37416000

  • Parking services - 63712400

  • Parks maintenance services - 77313000

    • Festival organisation services - 79953000

    • Recreational, cultural and sporting services - 92000000

    • Amusement park services - 92331200

    • Sporting services - 92600000

Location of contract

B4 7DJ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

QU200

Published date

29 March 2019

Closing date

30 March 2019

Contract start date

3 June 2019

Contract end date

2 June 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NB: THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN READVERTISED

Birmingham City Council is seeking to promote regeneration throughout the City and to promote not only the economic but also social and environmental well-being of its area. As part of this process there is provision of Commercial Opportunities for Selected Parks within the City (Appendix 1). The Framework Agreement(s) will commence early in 2019 for a period of 4 years. There is no limit (within reason) to the duration of individual orders awarded under the Framework Agreement.

Birmingham is renowned for being a green city, with numerous parks, areas of open space & open water; where people can be active and enjoy the great outdoors. The City Council wishes to engage with experienced organisations or individuals with the relevant and appropriate experience to submit business plans and ideas to generate income from the identified parks.

The framework is split into 3 Lots (the listings are for example only and not prescriptive under each theme):

Lot 1 - Leisure Activities:
• Soft/hard play facilities e.g. splash park, children's rides
• Donkey/pony/llama etc rides
• Land trains
• Hire of bikes/Segway riders
• Theatre
• Recreational activities e.g. colour runs, body/water zorbing etc
• Specialist activity days e.g. hot air ballooning
• Climbing wall/high rope activities
• Or other similar activities

Lot 2 - Sporting Activities
• Ice skating
• Sports coaching
• Fitness training e.g. boot camps
• Boating
• Or other similar activities

Lot 3 - Retail Opportunities
• Farmers/Christmas markets
• Music festivals
• Management of fishing venues
• Or other similar activities

Bidders may bid for one or more discipline within the Lots and for one or more Lots. We will not be considering Open Air Cinema proposals as part of this tender process.

This Invitation to Quote is being issued using the Council's e-tendering system 'in-tend' and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. The procurement process will be managed using this system and therefore all tenders must be submitted by Tenderers via the 'in-tend' system.
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function and you should not contact any individual directly either by email or by telephone. If you are already a registered user, you do not have to re-register. If you are unable to register with in-tend or are experiencing difficulties please either email the CPS helpdesk at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000.

Providers should be aware that the closing date for the quotation submissions is midday (12 noon) on 15th March 2019.

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrea Webster

Address

1 Lancaster Circus
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7DJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 464 4726

Email

andrea.webster@birmingham.gov.uk