Official UK procurement notice
Innovation Hub and Park – Commercial Advisor
Authority: Edinburgh Innovation Park Hub Development Company Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQueen Margaret University (QMU), in collaboration with East Lothian Council (ELC), has been successful in securing GBP30m City Deal funding for Phase One of its new commercial development to create an Innovation Hub at the Edinburgh Innovation Park (EIP), adjacent to the University campus.
The Innovation Hub will be a best-in-class facility that is purpose designed to provide a highly targeted infrastructure and property offer, together with the specialist services required to capture, support and grow companies working in the fast-moving innovation sector. Key target markets are small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) working across a range of innovation sectors with particular focus on those areas where the University and the region has expertise and excellence - including the food and drink and technology sectors. The vision of
the project partners is that the Innovation Hub will act as a national resource underpinned by the expertise found within the region’s innovation network working in partnership to grow and support the innovation sector.
The Innovation Hub is a flagship development for Edinburgh Innovation Park. As a new commercial development targeting the innovation sector, specialist input and oversight is required to identify and address all areas of risk in respect of the facility’s design, development and operations and to ensure the Hub will achieve rapid market appeal together with commercial viability.
The appointment of a Commercial Advisor to oversee all commercial elements of the Hub’s design, development and operations provides the project partners with a high degree of expertise and experience in the delivery of world-class commercial innovation hubs. The Commercial Advisor will ensure delivery of the vision for the Innovation Hub on time and in budget, to the highest commercial and best-practice standards.
The Commercial Advisor will contribute to all aspects of Innovation Hub design, development and operational planning and will be the central point of reference for all activities with an innovation hub-based commercial focus.
In particular, the Innovation Hub Commercial Advisor will provide support across all pre-development and development RIBA Work Stages to the Hub’s operational launch as a new business.
CPV: Business and management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Oct 2021, 16:14 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Mar 2022, 17:02 GMT
- Authority reference
QMU-21660- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-007476- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e96aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
There is an absence of competition for technical reasons as CAM-SCI is the only supplier with the necessary expertise to fulfil the requirements of this contract within the demanding timescale. CAM-SCI has been advisor to QMU from the early stages of EIP in 2015, assisting the University and ELC to develop a vision, concept and business case for the EIP and the Innovation Hub.
Publisher note: The Scope of Services to be undertaken by CAM-SCI are as follows The Scope of Service comprises three principal spheres of activity that are required to achieve the successful operational launch of the Innovation Hub: - Soft Infrastructure Delivery – The provision of advice to the creation of the Special Purpose Vehicle, operational business planning, market positioning and strategy, commercial and leasing strategy to enable the launch of the Innovation Hub as a new business. - Hard Infrastructure Delivery – The provision of all necessary technical and specification advice to inform the design and development of the Innovation Hub to include drafting of the design brief, due diligence in the selection of appropriately qualified design consultants, iterative design review, construction contract strategy procurement and post construction contract award change management oversight. - Marketing Strategy Development – Target market definition and market segmentation to create context for the hub offer and develop content for marketing collateral. The holistic delivery of Soft Infrastructure, Hard Infrastructure and Marketing Strategy will be fundamental in enabling the delivery of the vision for the Innovation Hub as the first phase of Edinburgh Innovation Park. The RIBA Work Stages have been adopted for guidance and have been adjusted to reflect the specific requirements of a speculatively developed, multi-occupied, serviced, commercially operated Innovation Hub. (SC Ref:687534)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAM-SCI Knowledge Economy Development LtdSME | £500,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| CAM-SCI Knowledge Economy Development LtdSME | £500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 007476-2022-QMU-21660-1 · CAM-SCI Knowledge Economy Development LtdSME
- Signed
- 7 Dec 2021
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Contract 025084-2021-QMU-21660-1 · CAM-SCI Knowledge Economy Development LtdSME
- Signed
- 6 Oct 2021
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CAM-SCI Knowledge Economy Development LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.