Published date: 15 March 2017

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: 20 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Non-residential property renting or leasing services - 70220000

  • Community action programme - 85322000

  • Library, archives, museums and other cultural services - 92500000

    • Sporting services - 92600000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

    • Physical well-being services - 98330000

Location of contract

WS1 1TP

Value of contract

£1 to £1,000,000

Procurement reference

PME3304

Published date

15 March 2017

Closing date

20 March 2017

Contract start date

14 August 2017

Contract end date

13 August 2022

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

Walsall Council is offering the opportunity for a voluntary and community sector organisation to occupy the various current Library premises through the council's Community Asset Transfer programme.

Walsall Council welcomes expressions of interest from voluntary and community sector organisations or several organisations working as a consortium who have the necessary expertise and imaginative proposals to take over the occupation of these buildings and make them available for use to the wider community.

This note is to keep potential interested parties informed of the progress of the programme and to inform them that it is expected that the Expressions of Interest Briefs and Documents for each of the current library sites will be released through the Council's e-tendering portal on Friday 17 March 2017. There is no requirement for interested parties to Express an Interest for this Information Update.

As part of the closure decision, the council has decided that opportunities for the community use of these buildings should be explored. The council therefore now wishes to explore Community Asset Transfer (CAT) as an alternative way of keeping the buildings open and available for use by the wider community.

If any local small community groups are interested in being involved in the future use of these buildings, but do not have the capacity or do not wish to submit their own expression of interest, they may provide their contact details to the council. In order to facilitate contact between interested parties, the council will be pleased to share contact details with organisations or groups interested in developing a joint or consortium proposal, on request and in exchange for the contact details.

Proposals from commercial organisations or projects that do not deliver, social, economic and environmental benefits to the local community and the people of Walsall will not be considered.

More information

Links

Additional text

Walsall Council have a new Contract opportunity.

For further details of the requirement, please see the following link to the Councils` e-Procurement web portal;

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/walsallcouncil

You will be required to register your organisation (if already not done so) and express your interest in the relevant project/opportunity.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

David Sheldon

Address

Darwall Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 1TP
United Kingdom

Telephone

01922 658399

Email

sheldond@walsall.gov.uk

Website

https://www.walsall.gov.uk/