Provision of Offshore Marine Sector Study

Tender description

The INEE Team, the NELEP and the NECA constituent authorities are now seeking a consultancy study to take this work forward. The purpose of this study will be to: 1. Provide a comprehensive NECA–wide assessment of our competitive position in relation to specified offshore and sub-sea markets and the likely direction of travel for these markets (or new sub-market opportunities) going forward. 2. Identification and assessment of umbrella assets (the wider ecosystem of support assets such as R+D, Innovation, Catapults, Training, professional services etc.), the further mobilisation/development/attraction of which will enhance the NECA area’s attractiveness. 3. An assessment of the key riverside sites in the NECA area located on the three principal rivers of Blyth, Tyne and Wear, and their suitability/attractiveness as a location for particular type(s) of activity based on the market assessment. This will include a high level assessment of the essential and desirable capital investments required to gain/maintain or enhance each site’s competitive position in these markets. 4. Update intelligence on the likely receipt of business rates income from key Marine/offshore Enterprise Zone sites (a sub-set of the sites included above) to further enhance the case for public sector intervention. 5. Production of an INEE marketing action plan, listing target inward investors in key markets/sub-sectors, suggested key messages (the NECA area’s strengths and weaknesses in these key markets and ways to ameliorate weaknesses.) This will include an assessment of the benefits of collective action ‘one voice’ to strengthen our presence in specific target markets. Keywords: marine, energy, consultant, offshore