GB-Braintree: Open Space, Sports and Recreational Facilities Strategy

Competitive Contract Notice

1. Title: GB-Braintree: Open Space, Sports and Recreational Facilities Strategy
2. Awarding Authority:
Braintree District Council
Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7 9HB, United Kingdom
Tel. 01376 552525, Fax. 01376 557792, Email: procurement@braintree.gov.uk, URL: www.braintree.gov.uk
Contact: Procurement, Attn: Will Baxter
3. Contract Type: Services
Sub Type: Research and development services.

4. Description: Research and development services and related consultancy services. Braintree District Council is commissioning consultants to undertake a new recreational strategy for the complete portfolio of its open spaces, sports pitches and indoor facilities; this document will assess the current provision and provide a comprehensive needs assessment to inform the decision making process up to 2033. This document will be expected to replace the Braintree District Green Spaces Strategy September 2008 and the Open Spaces Audit 2006. The evidence collated will guide the District Council and Parish/Town Councils, as well as other bodies, as to where and how to improve facilities. It will provide the evidence base for a new Local Plan policy. The consultants will be expected to audit facilities, assess quantity and quality, accessibility, develop a Playing Pitch and Indoor Sports Facilities and Open Spaces Strategy, highlight deficiencies and surpluses in provision and provide a comprehensive set of recommendations for local standards to be adopted by the Council.
5. CPV Codes:
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.

6. NUTS Codes :
UKH3 - Essex

7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: Essex,
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority: PROC14-0120
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category I: 50K to 100K
Currency: GBP
10. Deadline for Expression of Interest: 17/11/2014 00:00:00
11. Address to which they must be sent:
Braintree District Council
Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7 9HB, United Kingdom
Tel. 01376 552525, Fax. 01376 557792, Email: procurement@braintree.gov.uk, URL: www.braintree.gov.uk
Contact: Procurement, Attn: Will Baxter

12. Other Information:
Other Information: To express an interest in this opportunity please send an email containing your company name, contact point and email address to procurement@braintree.gov.uk referencing "PROC14-0120 - Open Space, Sports and Recreational Facilities Strategy" by the deadline stated above. Further documentation will be sent after this deadline. The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
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TKR-2014113-PRO-6133922
Period of Work Start date: 01/12/2014
Period of Work End date: 31/08/2015

Award Criteria: Most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the tender documents


Funding: N/A
Is this a Framework Agreement?: no