Research and development services and related consultancy services

Tender description

The Swansea Bay City Deal is seeking to appoint a contractor to develop a full 5 Case Business Model and supporting research activity for the SBCD Digital Infrastructure Project using the Green Book’s 5 case business model methodology. The successful contractor will be responsible for undertaking preliminary research to support the planning and development of the Swansea Bay City Deal Regional Digital Infrastructure Project for inclusion in the full business case and for completing all aspects of the 5 Case Business Model itself. The Swansea Bay City Deal is seeking to appoint a contractor to develop a full 5 Case Business Model and supporting research activity for the SBCD Digital Infrastructure Project using the Green Book’s 5 case business model methodology. The successful contractor will be responsible for undertaking preliminary research to support the planning and development of the Swansea Bay City Deal Regional Digital Infrastructure Project for inclusion in the full business case and for completing all aspects of the 5 Case Business Model itself. This will include responding to queries and feedback on draft versions of the business case from both the SBCD’s governance structure, authorising authorities and the UK and Welsh Governments and developing the business case through to final full draft by February 2019. An initial outline business plan has been developed for the project by the region and the successful contractor will be tasked with undertaking the supporting/background research and developing this proposal into the full 5 case business model. A second requirement is to construct a fully compliant and robust funding bid for the wave 3 LFFN competition, run by DCMS, expected in Summer 2018.