The Future of Our Local Economy

To inform its emerging Local Plan, as well as future skills, economic strategies and investment decisions, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham wish to commission an Economic Review of the Borough. The commission has seven work streams these are the following: Work Stream 1: Our local economy - an economic review of the borough.

Work Stream 2: An economic atlas Work Stream 3: Our existing sector strengths and economic capabilities. Work Stream 4: Drivers of change and growth projections/ scenarios.

Work Stream 5: Supply side: land and floor space requirements. Work Stream 6: Supply side: skills needed for the future.

Work Stream 7: Policy recommendations to harness future growth. Interested parties are asked to submit an outline of their proposed methodology to meet the above requirements and provide a detailed breakdown of costs.

The appraisal must be capable of withstanding examination and close scrutiny. The proposal should indicate the timing for the completion of the work, including the submission of a draft report for comments before submission of a final report.

Tender submissions should be structured to contain the following information, based on the evaluation criteria in paragraph 4.8 of the attached tender brief: • Understanding of the brief and its requirements. • Proposed methodology that sets out the key stages, activities and outputs, including staff allocation for the various activities to be undertaken. • Relevant skills, experience and track record. • Proposed team, including sub-consultants. Qualification details of key staff that will be assigned to the project. • Examples of similar commissions undertaken. • Details of the information/materials which will be required from the Council. • Confirmation that work can start immediately. • Financial proposals - to be provided on a separate sheet(s).

Financial proposals - to be provided on a separate sheet(s).The Council has expressed that the value of the contract is likely to be no less than 50,000 given the scope of services required (see brief for more details). Bidders should be aware that this study forms the first commission of a two-part commission process, known collectively as 'The Future of Our Borough' series.

The second commission, is named; Commission 2 - The Future of Our Employment Land. Commission 2 has been published for tender at the same time and is available on contracts finder Consultant teams should provide the following number of tender submissions in the formats specified: •Two bound copies •One electric copy on CD-ROM Bidders should review the attached documents for full details of requirements.