Business Support Services Bristol
University Enterprise Zone — provision of management services, including facilities management, and delivering a business support services for UWE’s Business Incubator.
United Kingdom-Bristol: Miscellaneous business-related services
2014/S 198-350178
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
University of the West of England
Coldharbour Lane
For the attention of: Helen Baker
BS16 1QY Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1173282239
E-mail: helen.baker@uwe.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1173283985
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.uwe.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/finance/purchasing/welcome/profile.shtml
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 27: Other services
NUTS code UKK11
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The contract is for the provision of a managing agent to be responsible for the management of The West of England University Enterprise Zone — Business Incubator. The contractor will also be expected to assist in the final design of the WEUEZ, and to collaborate with UWE to maximise development of potential collaboration between client companies and academic faculties.
WEUEZ is a new 4,000 m2 business incubator being developed on the UWE campus adjacent to the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and a proposed Biomedical Biotechnology Laboratory (also being developed). UEZ will provide a technology-focused hatchery, incubation and grow-on space for businesses in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), Biosciences, Health Science and related sectors.
The successful supplier will be responsible for providing tenant/facility management services together with delivering a comprehensive business support service to incubatees. Primarily but not exclusively the contract involves the following:
— Developing the Business plan for the operation of the UEZ.
Promoting and marketing the UEZ to potential clients and attracting clients who require a supportive environment with flexible lease arrangement that meet the criteria for entry into the UEZ;
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Actively managing the portfolio of tenants to ensure that as companies mature that they graduate into other business premises;
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The provision of a business advisory service including one to one business development support and strategic planning advice to clients that meet the UEZ’s growth service criteria);
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Providing access to third party specialist advice as relevant of early stage technology companies (e.g. raising investment, innovation development, sales and marketing, export/import);
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Creating an active network with events calendar supporting SME clients in technology business growth;
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Operational and day to day management of the facility;
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Collecting rents and other fees and charges from tenants;
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Providing central reception and offering/arranging additional services to clients (e.g. administrative services);
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Paying all suppliers of services (electricity, gas, telephone, water charges, rates and rent);
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Enforcing terms and conditions of the lease with tenants;
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Managing and promoting the meeting room facilities;
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Procure & Manage the provision of IT and Telecoms services;
Operate the UEZ in accordance with the business plan;
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Comply with rules and conditions set out from time to time by the Funders (BIS, West of England LEP / European Commission);
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Collate data and write reports to comply with the requests of the Funders.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79990000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
Description of particular conditions: Compliance with the conditions of the EU Grant funding.
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Expression of Interest to be made via:
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: .
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures) no
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below
1. Ability to run a Business Incubator centre. Weighting 50
2. Commercial proposal/ Business plan. Weighting 40
3. Added Value. Weighting 5
4. Sustainability. Weighting 5
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s):
VI.3)Additional information
Expressions of Interest should me made via the Intend portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/he/aspx/Home
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
University of the West of England
UNITED KINGDOM
Body responsible for mediation procedures
University of the West of England
UNITED KINGDOM
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
University of the West of England
UNITED KINGDOM
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: