Tender

Cheapside Business Improvement District Service

CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION

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Tender

01 Nov 2019 at 16:09

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The City of London Corporation is seeking tenders for the provision of a Consultancy to manage the Cheapside Business Improvement District (BID) for a five-year term, starting from 1 April 2020 until 31 March 2025. This procurement process falls under the category of "Provision of services to the community" and is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations of 2015 using the Light Touch Regime. The tender period concludes at 12:00 on 28 November 2019, with a maximum budget of £550,000. The successful award of the contract will follow a second-term ballot taking place from 14 January 2020 to 14 February 2020.

This tender presents an opportunity for consultancy firms, particularly those classified as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), to expand their business within the public sector. The selected consultancy will play a vital role in delivering strategic and operational services as outlined in the approved Business Plan for the Cheapside BID. Businesses with experience in managing public-sector consultancy projects or those equipped to contribute to community-oriented services will find this tender particularly relevant and advantageous for their growth objectives.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Cheapside Business Improvement District Service

Notice Description

The City of London Corporation ("the City") invites tenders for the provision of a Consultancy to provide an Executive Team (ET) to manage the Cheapside Business Alliance (the Business Improvement District (BID)) for a 5-year term from 1 April 2020 until 31 March 2025, on completion of a successful second term ballot. The City is the BID Body for the BID and the formal BID Proposer. The ET will be responsible for the strategic and day-to-day operation of the BID based on the approved Cheapside Business Alliance Business Plan (delivering a range of activities under 5 key themes). The services to be procured from the proposed contract are classified under Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as "Provision of services to the community" Therefore, the services advertised in the Official Journal of the European (OJEU) contract notice fall among those listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU and the full obligations set out in that directive do not apply. For the avoidance of doubt, the contract is to be procured in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulations 74 to 78, more commonly known as the Light Touch Regime. The precise procurement process to be used is as described in the procurement documents. The procurement is being run as a one stage process, resembling the open procedure and its main features - which includes the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ). Any organisation that considers itself able to meet the requirements of the selection criteria within the Qualification Envelope is invited to submit a tender. The description of the Cheapside Business Improvement District Service is set out in the procurement documents, particularly the specification - available from: https://www.capitalesourcing.com The duration of the contract is five (5) years and organisations should note that the maximum budget for this service will be up to 550,000 GBP. The contract will be awarded following the completion of a successful second term ballot. The re-ballot process will be taking place 14th January 2020 - 14th February 2020. Please note that in the unlikely event that there is not a successful second term ballot, a contract will not be awarded to the successful bidder. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system 'Capital eSourcing' (url: www.capitalesourcing.com). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free. This is a one stage procurement process; therefore, suppliers will need to register an interest on the system and submit a Tender submission no later than 12:00 on 28.11.2019 in order to participate and registration is free. Tender submissions cannot be uploaded after the return deadline. The estimated annual contract value is PS110,000. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the Contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights then it will not be responsible for, or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Economic operators are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their Tender submissions and all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by the economic operators. The proposed contract opportunity is a single identifiable service which would offer no commercial or operational benefits if it was divided into Lots. Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the Capital e-Sourcing system.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-36204992-ab05-4077-aad6-4a3c341c851a
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3db45a21-d234-46da-86a4-e4f67412f863
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

CPV Codes

75200000 - Provision of services to the community

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£550,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Nov 20196 years ago
Submission Deadline
28 Nov 2019Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Mar 2020 - 31 Mar 2025 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC2P 2EJ
Post Town
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI43 Haringey and Islington
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Islington
Electoral Ward
Clerkenwell
Westminster Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury

Further Information

Notice Documents

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