Published date: 9 April 2018

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: 25 April 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous business and business-related services - 79900000

Location of contract

W8 7NX

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_167451/665587

Published date

9 April 2018

Closing date

25 April 2018

Contract start date

1 June 2018

Contract end date

31 May 2019

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

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) would like to develop a local SME supplier brokerage service to support local economic value procurement from major local developments and from key council contracts.

The key objectives of this pilot initiative will be as follows:

- Creating opportunities for local SMEs and micro-businesses to become involved in supplying goods and services to local developments directly or through their supply chains.
- Market stimulation and capacity building of local SMEs and micro-businesses to ensure they are better able to participate in the council's supply chain.
- Supporting the achievement of local procurement on development site in line with s106 agreements and local planning policies.
- Continuous monitoring and evaluation of the impact of local procurement.

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea operates a Procurement Code for qualifying s106 developments and has set a local procurement target of 10% for such developments. It is now seeking to pilot a local SME supplier initiative to facilitate the dialogue with key buyers, to engage and support local suppliers to win such contracts. Previously, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has been covered by London-wide supply chain programmes such as Supply Cross River 2 and Building for Growth and it now wishes to establish a local dedicated local procurement initiative. This pilot will inform the development of a wider programme aimed at establishing a local procurement initiative linked to key current and future developments.

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This procurement is being executed through the Council's electronic procurement portal, capitalEsourcing.com where the Procurement Documents are available for immediate, unrestricted electronic access to suppliers who register their details.

The is initial contract period is 12 months with the days of the week to be agreed with an indicative budget of £15,000.

About the buyer

Contact name

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Address

Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street
London
W8 7NX
England

Email

albena.karameros@rbkc.gov.uk

Website

www.rbkc.gov.uk