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title: "CP1603-18 North Devon Enterprise Centre - Centre Operator"
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buyer: "DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL"
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# CP1603-18 North Devon Enterprise Centre - Centre Operator

Buyer: DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-cf562f8b-f163-44d8-9997-c82965979c98

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## Summary

Devon County Council has completed the procurement process for the Centre Operator of the CP1603-18 North Devon Enterprise Centre, an initiative to support innovative small businesses in Northern Devon. This open tender was published on 8 June 2020, with the tender period concluding on 30 July 2020. The chosen operator will manage the facility and provide essential business support services, with the contract commencing on 17 September 2020 and running until 16 September 2035. The project is classified under office-support services and aims to create a collaborative environment for business growth in Barnstaple, South West England.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses engaged in office-support services, business consultancy, and related fields. With a focus on supporting high-growth potential small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary community social enterprises (VCSEs), this contract's outcome-based approach allows for flexibility in operations. Organisations that can provide innovative management practices and outreach business support services will find suitable prospects within this procurement process, linking their operations to a prominent development in the local commercial landscape.

## Notice

Devon County Council is developing a new Enterprise Centre to serve Northern Devon to support the start-up and growth of innovative small businesses with high growth potential. An essential part of this is the engagement of an expert operator to both manage the facility and provide on-site and outreach business support services. The Enterprise Centre is forecast to open in early 2020 as the flagship development for the planned new Roundswell South Business Park. The site is owned by the County Council and occupies a high-profile location off the A39 on the outskirts of Barnstaple (the main urban centre for northern Devon), close to an established commercial area. Working closely with a local stakeholder group, including the two District Councils, Petroc FE/HE College and business leaders, the County Council has developed the project to planning. The ethos of the proposal is to offer a high-quality environment with tailored support to enable the target business audience to collaborate, learn, grow and thrive. Following an encouraging market demand assessment, and with funding1 and planning permission pending, the Council are embarking on an open and transparent soft market testing exercise to help establish the most attractive way of packaging and scoping a potential future procurement opportunity for the lease of the Centre to an operator. As a key part of this, the workshop will be a half-day Devon County Council is taking an outcome-focussed approach and envisages leasing the building with a high degree of flexibility/devolved control to the operator, subject to the delivery of contracted outputs and adherence to the requirements of the funders (including European Regional Development Fund).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/689e7ce6-5efc-4f19-8376-b53104392ece |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Dec 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 29 Jul 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Oct 2020 |
| Contract period | 26 Oct 2020 - 25 Oct 2035 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £100,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £100,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | EXETER |
| Post town | Exeter |
| Postcode | EX2 4QD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon |
| ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC |
| Local authority | Exeter |
| Electoral ward | Newtown and St Leonard's |
| Westminster constituency | Exeter |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TOWN SQUARE SPACES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
- 79500000 - Office-support services
- 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

## Release History

- 1 Dec 2020 at 15:34 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/689e7ce6-5efc-4f19-8376-b53104392ece
- 8 Jun 2020 at 07:23 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43226b82-02a9-4a1f-904f-298b52d7ef91

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/689e7ce6-5efc-4f19-8376-b53104392ece
  1st December 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43226b82-02a9-4a1f-904f-298b52d7ef91
  8th June 2020 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.devon.gov.uk

## Provenance

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