CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Consultants Brief - Brymbo's Heritage Renaissance: Building Our Foundations

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Description of the goods or services required

Brymbo Heritage Group is a community organisation striving to bring buildings associated with the former Brymbo Steelworks complex back into reuse. The group has built considerable support for its vision to establish a heritage centre, learning centre and commercial hub on the site and has recently worked with the Prince's Regeneration Trust and Heritage Lottery Fund to develop a phased master plan for the area.

We are now seeking input from suitably experienced consultants to help us outline our business and operating models. The outputs required from this commission to produce a report which:

Considers and appraises options for the use of a series of former industrial buildings as Phase 1 of the master plan for Brymbo Heritage Area;

Considers and outlines the revenue earning potential and likely levels of related expenditure for the anticipated three principal strands of income (as a visitor attraction, as a learning centre, and as a small business hub);

Considers and appraises options for delivering Phase 1 in partnership with one or more strategic partners;

Considers and appraises options for the governance, company structure and staffing structures required to deliver Phase 1; and

Collates the above considerations into a single business model with accompanying narrated ‘worst’, ‘target’ and ‘best case’ financial performance scenarios.

This commission is the subject of a current bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund, the result of which is due before the end of December. We are keen to progress the commission immediately in January, and expect it to be complete within 3 months.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=37609.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

This contract has a maximum value of £6,800 inclusive of expenses and VAT, and is the subject of a current bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund to be confirmed by the end of December.

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

Additional background information is available on request by e-mailing gary.brown@brymboheritage.co.uk

(WA Ref:37609)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice