UK SBS PS16187 UK-China Infrastructure Alliance Academy Course

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This is not a call for competition. The Department for International Trade (DIT) wishes to give prior notification of their intention to invite tenders for a UK-China Infrastructure Alliance Academy. UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is now part of the Department for International Trade; the Department brings together UKTI with an expanded trade policy directorate and UK Export Finance (UKEF). Invitation to Prior Information Notice Event The Department for International Trade would like to invite interested potential providers to attend a Prior Information Event on Wednesday 17th August 2016 between 1100 and 1300 at: The Westminster Conference Centre 1 Victoria Street London SW1H 0ET Interested parties are requested to register for this event by 5:00 pm by Tuesday 16th August 2016, by emailing the UKSBS Professional Services team, on professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk. We ask that prospective suppliers limit attendance to two people from their respective organisation. The Event will provide opportunities to: • Understand DIT’s procurement intentions for the UK-China Infrastructure Alliance Academy; • Hear from James Ballingall, Head of International for the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, about the UK-China Infrastructure Alliance; Prospective agenda for the Prior Information Notice Event: 1100 - Introduction & UK-China Infrastructure Alliance Academy Overview 1120 - UK-China Infrastructure Alliance Overview 1200 - Tea & coffee 1220 - Q&A session 1300 - Close Background to the UK-China Infrastructure Alliance On 21 September 2015, Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai and the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne concluded the meeting of the Seventh China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue in Beijing. Both sides agreed to develop an Infrastructure Alliance between the UK and China – to be formed of three programmes: • A UK-China Infrastructure Alliance Academy in the UK to facilitate the entry of Chinese firms wishing to invest or do business in UK infrastructure. • Provision of PPP training to Chinese officials in the sort of private finance techniques and PPP models which the UK has pioneered and has been using for the past 20 years. • A Business Alliancing Hub in Beijing, known as the UK-China Infrastructure Alliance Hub, to facilitate networking opportunities for UK and Chinese companies in developing mutually beneficial PPP/infrastructure opportunities, with a particular focus on third country opportunities (i.e. countries that are not the UK and China). UK-China Infrastructure Alliance Academy Please refer to the attached for the full document