MANUFACTURING ZONE & FOOD ENTERPRISE CENTRE - MELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL
Welland ProcurementEstimated Value
Up to £65,000
Deadline
14 August 2019
Published
17 July 2019
Type
services
Overview
Melton Borough Council is seeking to appoint a multidisciplinary team of consultants to examine the demand for, feasibility of and options for, delivering a Food and Drink focused Manufacturing Zone (MAZ) in and around Melton Mowbray and the concept of a Food Enterprise Centre. This 'MAZ study' has a fixed budget of £65,000.
Bids in excess of this amount will be rejected. Bids will be evaluated 30% on Price and 70% on Quality The project is due to start in the last week of August and complete by end of February 2020.
The successful bidder may be required to provide additional services stemming from the MAZ study or similar work subject to available funds. Therefore the term of the contract is for up to eighteen months approx. beyond the completion date of the MAZ study to enable the Council to do so.
Eligibility & compliance
Bidders must be registered on the tender portal first of all to access the tender documents and to send and receive messages about the tender.The deadline for bids is noon Wed 14th August.
Additional details
Charges for any additional services will be based on the appointed bidder's Schedule of Rates submitted as part of the tender. The maximum expenditure during the term of the contract , including the sum paid for the MAZ study, will not exceed the prevailing EU Services threshold (or UK equivalent).
The Council makes no commitment to commissioning additional work or the value of that additional work. Tenders must be submitted via www.EastMidsTenders.org tender portal.
The tender documents are available to downloaded from this website. Bidders may submit questions up to 5pm Mon 12th August.
All questions must be submitted via the tender portal. Further details of the requirement are to be found in the tender documents.
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Welland ProcurementKey Dates
Published
17 July 2019
Submission deadline
14 August 2019
Notice type
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