BCCEC0117 - Provision of BCC Energy Company Business Development Manager - AWARD

Birmingham City Council (BCC) is seeking for organisations or individuals to act in a full time Business Development Manager (BDM) role to lead the completion of a Full Business Case (FBC) for a BCC fully licensed supply energy company looking at retail gas and electricity to households and businesses.

The successful bidder will be responsible for overseeing delivery of the FBC, working with Council officers and commissioning specialist consultants such as legal and market advisors support where necessary.

The appointed BDM will be responsible for all activity relating to the development of the FBC, including but not limited to the following key tasks:

• Develop the FBC project plan
• Define the financial model
• Develop a business plan
• Confirm the BCC energy company governance structure in order to define the legal status, governance and commercial relationship the company has with the City Council
• Create a Target Operating Model (TOM) that is robust but flexible so that all operational requirements are identified, resourced, and timed to ensure timescales do not slip and investment requirements are kept in check.
• Create a project plan to support delivery of the FBC and ensure sufficient resource and plans are in place for continuity from business case approval into commercial setup and market entry

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 (GMT) on 13th January 2017 using the Supplier Portal.