Marketing services

Tender description

The successful contractor will support the smooth and efficient management of the Hub through successful delivery of Membership Development and Management, Front of house and Events Development and Programme Management activities. 1.1 The Scottish Government (SG), working in partnership with Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and VisitScotland (VS) — the Partners — is looking to appoint a Service Provider to assist with the development and running of the London Innovation and Investment Hub. 1.2 The London Hub (the Hub), scheduled to open in early 2017, The Hub will be located in a newly refurbished, shared-occupancy building in the Blackfriars area of London EC4Y. The Hub will encompass the entirety of the 5th floor of the building with the aims to create trade, investment and innovation opportunities for Scottish businesses, organisations and institutions with governments, companies, investors and academic, research and policy institutions headquartered in London. 1.3 The services required can be categorised in three broad groups of Membership Development and Management; Front of House Management (soft facilities management); and Events Development and Programme Management. 1.4 The Service Provider will deliver the 3 core work areas as detailed above. The Partners are open to tenders from single organisations with the capability to deliver all services and from self-organising partnerships and consortia where different parties can harness their collaborative experience, expertise and networks in both London and Scotland to deliver the entirety of the services specified. 1.5 The Service Provider must have the capacity to deliver the Objectives throughout the period of the contract.