Published date: 19 November 2021

Last edited date: 6 December 2021

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: 23 December 2021, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Environmental services - 90700000

  • Recreational, cultural and sporting services - 92000000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£24,000

Procurement reference

LGSS001-DN582260-45833491

Published date

19 November 2021

Closing date

23 December 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

10 January 2022

Contract end date

31 March 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

Develop a range of solutions and organisational options that aim to establish the right stewardship model for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough:

Enables planning for the long term - establishing an operating model and financial arrangements that will resilient and as far as possible account for unknown future change;

Has a sound financial business model - making sure that the proposed business model is able to manage the risks associated with fluctuating service provision costs and is not too reliant on unreliable income streams;

Ensures community involvement and engagement - good stewardship is as much about engaging with local people as it is about managing the space. CPFPA is currently engaging with the communities in new developments across the area. Research to date has demonstrated that local people expect their green spaces to be maintained in line with the vision they have been sold;

Builds the capacity in all Councils and understanding viability - There are some Councils in Cambridgeshire that are advanced and experienced in their stewardship arrangements. However, the skills to negotiate these are not widely held and there is a need to upskill practitioners and stakeholders on stewardship across all local authorities in the area.

Establishes the right model for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough - Applying successful stewardship models requires engaging developers and delivery partners at an early stage. For most sites, the S106 agreement is the core opportunity to secure investment in stewardship and obligations related to management of place. Given the scale of planned development in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough understanding demand and supply for stewardship services and the range of issues between developers, Councils and communities is essential to get the model right. It will also be necessary to understand the range of existing organisations who may be best placed to deliver such as service.

Operates a clear and robust service charge mechanism - Understanding what rate to set service charges at, how to integrate them with endowments of land, property or capital funding, and whether to make them fixed etc is one of the core questions many places are tackling

Enables an integrated approach across Cambridge and Peterborough - the range of stakeholders that CPFPA have engaged with have all declared and interest how a good quality and consistent stewardship arrangement could be put in place on a whole area-wide basis. This was often raised along with the future requirements for biodiversity net gain that could be integrated with stewardship arrangements across the whole area.

Assumes that the initial model will not hold assets at the outset although that could be feature of the model in the medium to longer term.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Preparing an options appraisal of models for providing high quality stewardship services to new and existing parks and green space in Cambridgeshire

  • Opportunity
  • Published 19 November 2021, last edited 30 November 2021

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About the buyer

Contact name

Gabriella Yeomans

Address

New Shire Hall
Enterprise Campus,
Alconbury
PE28 4YE
England

Telephone

+44 1223715353

Email

Gabriella.Yeomans@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Website

https://procontract.due-north.com/Login