MS001 Construction related and FM services market sounding

As part of a fundamental review of its Design, Construction and Facilities Management (DCFM) related support services Birmingham City Council is seeking engagement and input from the external marketplace regarding the future development and operation of these services. The Council’s aspiration for this market consultation is as follows: 1) to allow the City Council to gain a greater understanding of the wider market opportunities, key developments and trends in relation to DCFM services 2) to allow the City Council to consider options for shaping the structure and scope of these services in a way that is appropriate to Council business needs and priorities over the medium to long-term 3) to allow public and private sector businesses /partnerships to express their interest and offer ideas for the delivery of these services. 4) to get a better understanding of the commercial opportunities (e.g. growth, investment and profit sharing) associated with these services Background The current arrangements for delivering professional construction-related services were first explored by the Council in 2009, with approval being given to develop a Wholly-Owned Company given in January 2011.

BCC’S Wholly owned company – Acivico (Design Construction and Facilities Management) Limited and Acivico Integrated Services Ltd (Building Cleaning, Catering, and Birmingham City Laboratories Services (Acivico Ltd) (“BCC’s WOC”) was created as the Council’s Wholly-owned Company for these (and potentially future) services and were given for the term of a 5-year contract the exclusive right to undertake services outlined in this questionnaire for the Council up to end March 2017. As a Wholly-Owned Teckal company, Acivico is contracted to the Council as contract administrator, managing agent and for some services, a direct deliverer.

If you are interested in participating in this market sounding exercise, please register an interest on in-tend. The web address is https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc.

Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this soft market exercise must be via the in-tend correspondence function.

Interested parties will be able to download from the e-portal a market sounding questionnaire. Responses to this questionnaire, together with subsequent discussions with respondents, will be used to make an informed decision and assist the Council in constructing the future delivery models for these services.

Submission of completed questionnaires is by noon on 7th October 2016. Additional information: If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council’s tender Portal. Delivery Notes Birmingham Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/aspx/