Published date: 28 November 2017

Last edited date: 28 November 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: 1 December 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

01122017

Published date

28 November 2017

Closing date

1 December 2017

Contract start date

11 December 2017

Contract end date

12 January 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Undertake on behalf of the Council a Space Utilisation Study incorporating the following objectives:

 To gather and present data evidencing the current use of the Council's principal administrative buildings (Civic 1 and 2 and Tickfield).
 To understand opportunities to optimise use of the Council's principal administrative buildings and the costs and savings associated.
 To be in a position to implement any agreed changes/moves/systems to optimise space.
 To procure now the option to review the success of implementation (if any) 18 months (or thereabouts) after initial review to identify any further opportunities

More information

Attachments

Additional text

Final set of clarification Q&A now attached. Please note that this part of the process is now closed and so we're at the stage whereby bidders are asked to submit their final tenders now as per the ITT documentation.

Due to the level of interest in this contract, the interview dates need to be changed to allow time for bids to be assessed.

Interviews with no more than 3 bidders will therefore be held on either the 14th or 15th December and not on the 4th or 6th as set out in the RFP.

Apologies for any inconvenience due to this date change.

Please note the deadlines for submissions is 12 noon 1/12/2017

About the buyer

Contact name

Alan Richards

Address

Southend on Sea Borough Council
Victoria Avenue
Southend on Sea
SS2 6ER
England

Email

alanrichards@southend.gov.uk

Website

www.southend.gov.uk