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Birmingham City Council

QU562 - Birmingham Retail & Leisure Needs Assessment - AWARD

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Value£50k
Awarded18 Mar 2022
Published13 Apr 2022
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£50ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Business Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Birmingham City Council wishes to invite suitably experienced and qualified consultants to undertake a Retail & Leisure Needs Assessment for the city in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and national guidance contained in the Planning Practice Guidance (PPG).

This will form an integral part of the evidence base to underpin new retail and leisure development related policies in the review of the Birmingham Development Plan (BDP).

The purpose of the RLNA is to provide up to date and robust evidence to inform policy options for meeting retail and leisure needs in the Local Plan update, in accordance with the NPPF and PPG (taking account of any changes/updates to national policy and guidance).

The assessment must: o provide robust evidence that accords with the NPPF's tests of soundness; o be written in plain English with a clear and transparent methodology; o provide a range of tools that will enable BCC to update and monitor the RLNA and carry out ad hoc analysis when required.

The study should include consideration the potential impacts of Brexit and Covid-19 on Birmingham's economic prospects, growth and work patterns, identifying sectors which are considered most at risk, considering the impact this may have on the retail and leisure sectors and incorporating sensitivity testing into economic forecasts.

This contract will be for a period of 10 months commencing on 6 April 2022 until the end of December 2022.

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest.

If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register.

You will then be sent details on how to log on which will enable you to download all relevant quotation documentation.

If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk Your completed quotation submission should be returned by noon on 18th March 2022 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The purpose of the RLNA is

The purpose of the RLNA is to provide up to date and robust evidence to inform policy options for meeting retail and leisure needs in the Local Plan update, in accordance with the NPPF and PPG (taking account of any changes/updates to national policy and guidance).

02

O provide robust evidence that accords

o provide robust evidence that accords with the NPPF's tests of soundness;.

03

O provide a range of tools

o provide a range of tools that will enable BCC to update and monitor the RLNA and carry out ad hoc analysis when required.

04

The Council will be using its free

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest.

05

Your completed quotation submission should be returned

Your completed quotation submission should be returned by noon on 18th March 2022 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc.

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Stage
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