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ClosedStage · preprocurement

Somerset County Council

Management Operator - iAero (Yeovil) Centre

Transport EquipmentCPV 34700000 79410000 79993000
Value£20.0m
Deadline24 Jul 2018
Published25 Apr 2018
RegionSouth West
Timeline
Published 25 Apr 2018ClosedCloses 24 Jul 2018
Contract value in context
£20.0mtotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£21.6m

This is a large award for Transport Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Somerset County Council will be hosting a market engagement Supplier event prior to the commencement of a procurement exercise with the intention to appoint a Management Operator for the iAero (Yeovil) Centre.

The intended procurement exercise will be to appoint a Supplier in the capacity of Management Operator for the iAero (Yeovil) Centre - to support research, collaboration, development and innovation in aerospace and associated high value design technologies The Centre has been funded by Somerset County Council, ERDF and the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSW LEP) The Management Operator will be responsible for the provision of: • Facilities Management • Operation of Centre • Providing/Brokering business support services for Tenants and Users of the Centre Supplier Event Details: • Venue - Somerset County Council Offices, County Hall, Taunton, Somerset TA1 4DY • Date - Wednesday 30th May 2018 • Attendance - To register interest in this event use the EOI option on the eTender portal contract listing.

The Council will contact interested Suppliers to confirm attendee details and provide directions.

Draft Agenda • Project Introduction - SCC • Building Facilities - SCC/Building Construction/Architect • A day in the life of iAero - potential scenarios delivered by Leonardo Helicopters, Yeovil • What it means for the region's SMEs delivered by TODS Aerospace, Crewkerne • Procurement Process - SCC • Plenary Session /Q&A - SCC/Attendees The event will be an opportunity for Suppliers to learn about the project, requirements, proposed operational model and the procurement process.

Attendance is not a pre-requisite to participation in the procurement process.

Suppliers that take part in the event will not be advantaged or disadvantaged in the subsequent procurement process.

All information and slides used will be made available through the contract listing as part of the procurement documentation.

Your attention is also drawn to another event to be held on the same day Reference DN 240368 - Management Operator - SEIC Phase 2 (including ERDF funded project - Enterprise Hub @ SEIC 2) and Phase 3

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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To support research, collaboration, development and innovation

to support research, collaboration, development and innovation in aerospace and associated high value design technologies.

02

The Management Operator will be responsible

The Management Operator will be responsible for the provision of:.

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• Providing/Brokering business support services for Tenants

• Providing/Brokering business support services for Tenants and Users of the Centre.

04

The Council will contact interested Suppliers

The Council will contact interested Suppliers to confirm attendee details and provide directions.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Stage
preprocurement · Closed
Source
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