Tender for the Management of the Proposed New Pavilion and Existing Community Pavilion at West Smethwick Park

Tender for the Management of the Proposed New Pavilion and Existing Community Pavilion at West Smethwick Park

Following on from a successful Round 2 Heritage Lottery Fund Parks for People award in July 2017 Sandwell Council now wants to procure a Provider as part of an exciting £5.1m restoration project in West Smethwick Park.

We are building a new community pavilion at the heart of the park and we want to work with a Provider that is interested in managing it and delivering services from it along with the current Community Pavilion in the park, further information can be found below.

There are a select number of activities that are expected to be provided and any funding is subject to this. However, there is also an expectation that additional activities can be provided by the successful organisation.

'The service contract to be entered into between the Council and the Provider shall be a concession agreement. The consideration (or payment) for the delivery of services from the Council is not expected to cover full Provider costs but the Provider is expected to make use of the Pavilion for commercial means and potentially generate a profit from the delivery of services at the Pavilion facility. The concessionaire shall be deemed to assume operating risk where, under normal operating conditions, it is not guaranteed to recoup the investments made or the costs incurred in operating the services which are the subject matter of the concession contract. For further details of the terms and conditions please see the concession agreement attached to this tender.

The lease of the pavilion facility will be offered for nominal rent.'

The period of this Contract will be 10 years, as per the relevant clauses within the Concession Agreement Contract.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the ITT and other related documents.

In Order To View the On-Line Questionnaire and Submit a Tender, you will be required to` Opt-In`.

Please be mindful that if you are cut and pasting your question responses onto the On-Line Questionnaire that you do so from a notepad document, this is due to the fact that some special characters are not accepted within the On-Line Questionnaire.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Closing date: Friday 06 April 2018 at 15:00hrs

Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No