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Birmingham City Council

QU071 - Creative Economy Mapping Study (GBSLEP) - AWARD

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71000000 71200000 71240000 72000000 72300000 72310000 71600000 71620000 79000000 79300000 79310000
Value£20k
Awarded21 May 2017
Published26 May 2017
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

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£20ktotal contract value
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this tender£0£2.0m

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The brief

The Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) requires a supplier for the provision of a Creative Industry Mapping Study.

It will support them in the development of a Creative Economy Strategy and subsequent implementation plan.

This mapping study will provide evidence of the scale of the Creative Economy in Greater Birmingham, a SWOT analysis of the creative economy and associated recommendations for strategy priorities.

It is intended that the contract will commence by 1st June 2017 and be completed by 10th August 2017 (subject to contracting).

The maximum budget for this tender is £20,000 excluding VAT.

The purpose of this contract is to provide up-to-date information and analysis of the comparative scale and value of the creative economy within the Greater Birmingham LEP area and its key strengths, weaknesses/barriers, opportunities and threats to inform the development of a creative economy strategy for the LEP area.

The GBSLEP area includes Birmingham, Solihull, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Cannock Chase, Tamworth, Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest.

The study must include a carefully targeted amount of primary research to update and extend the extensive legacy work that exists.

BCC will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest.

The web address is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of In-tend is free.

All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function.

If you are unable to register with In-tend please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000.

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Councils tender Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder.

We will send you a log on and password so you can download the tender documentation.

Requests to participate must be by way of completion and return of the tender documentation no later than 12:00 hours (GMT) on 22nd May 2017 using the Supplier Portal.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

It will support them in the development

It will support them in the development of a Creative Economy Strategy and subsequent implementation plan.

02

This mapping study will provide evidence

This mapping study will provide evidence of the scale of the Creative Economy in Greater Birmingham, a SWOT analysis of the creative economy and associated recommendations for strategy priorities.

03

The study must include a carefully targeted

The study must include a carefully targeted amount of primary research to update and extend the extensive legacy work that exists.

04

BCC will be using its e-tendering system

BCC will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest.

05

All correspondence for this procurement process must

All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function.

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