Facilities management services

Tender description

Procurement overview: The Council is now seeking to procure an experienced and qualified operator to manage the Civic Halls and the Council’s preferred deal structure is a long term lease arrangement. This is an exciting opportunity for an organisation to partner with the Council. The vision for the project is as follows: ‘To be a prestigious multifunctional venue, enabling generations of Wulfrunians and fans across the globe to share unforgettable memories with world-renowned performers, boosting the local, regional and national economy.’ Requirement background: The Grade II listed Wolverhampton Civic Halls, built in the late 1930s, is the largest live event venue in the Black Country and is owned and currently managed by the Council. The Civic Halls is now closed with the venue currently undergoing a GBP 38.1 million renovation programme, which commenced in 2017. Contract value: The estimated total value of the contract based c GBP 20 million and is based on a commercial offer for the maximum possible term consisting of a variety of payments by the operator to the Council e.g. annual rent, gain share, etc. The Council are open to proposals based on the structure as set out in the procurement documentation. Contract duration: Whilst the contract duration within the notice states 480 months i.e. 40 year period if an alternative solution is proposed by a bidder that is deemed either operationally and/or more commercially viable the Council may accept this offering. This is a two stage procurement that will be undertaken as follows: 1) Standard selection questionnaire (SSQ) — this is the selection stage whereby prospective bidders will be able to submit a response accordingly via the Due North system. 2) Invitation to participate (ITP) — following the evaluation of SSQ responses those submissions who are successful in progressing on to the ITP stage will be able to access the documentation and subsequently submit a response via the Due North system accordingly. Please note: any documentation associated with the ITP which is made available at SSQ stage is in draft form therefore is subject to change when it comes to final publication at ITP. See above section (reference) ‘II.1.4. Short description’ for details. Please note: ‘Additional CPV’ codes as follows: 79950000 79951000 79952000 79952100 79953000 79956000 92000000 92300000 92312000 92312100 92312110 92312120 92312130 92312140 92312240 92312250 92320000 92340000 79993000 79993100 70332000 70332200 39222000 55520000 50883000.