It is the intention of the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills to re-tender delivery and support services for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
On behalf of UK Trade and Investment, the contractor will be required to:
(i) co-ordinate and manage foreign direct investment inquiries through to delivery on behalf of the United Kingdom, working with local partners across England, the Devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the wider UKTI network.
(ii) provide sufficient resource in the United Kingdom to support the delivery arm for England.
(iii) provide direct relationship management and investor development to nominated existing investors in England as agreed with UKTI.
(iv) undertake some additional projects/bespoke activities to support the above.
The early proposition is that the requirement will be broken down into framework lots as follows:
Lot 1 — Core services as described in (i), (ii) and (iii).
Lot 2 — Bespoke FDI projects as mentioned in (iv).
The expectation is that 1 supplier would be selected for Lot 1 and a small number of suppliers for Lot 2. Tenderers may bid for 1 or both lots.
The arrangement may have a term of around 36 months plus the option of one 12 month extension.
The expected value of Lot 1 is between 10 000 000 GBP — 12 000 000 GBP million a year and the Lot 2 is between 2 000 000 GBP — 4 000 000 GBP a year.
The forecast 4 year value of the contract will be in the range 36 000 000 GBP — 64 000 000 GBP.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 36 000 000 and 64 000 000 GBP
Lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes