R&D Centre Management – Services Contract

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, as the major share holder in the Peterborough Research & Development Company, is looking to appoint a supplier to manage the building and the letting of the rentable spaces in the building over a five-year period.

Background

The CPCA are investing nearly £15m alongside £2m of private sector co-investment to create a research community in Peterborough around Net Zero Technologies. The ambition is to appoint a supplier who will curate, into a new Research and Development Centre, various "Net Zero Research Company" who are engaged in:

(a) research into low-carbon (Net Zero) technologies or technologies that enable advanced manufacturing processes and products; and/or

(b) research, technical services, consultancy and/or advice in connection with and sales of:

(i) net zero technologies;

(ii) advanced manufacturing technologies, including but not limited to additive manufacturing; and/or

(iii) enabling and convergence technologies in connection with the above, such as, software, robotics, Artificial Intelligence, the Industrial Internet of Things, advanced engineering, electronics, material science, composites, advanced polymer and chemistry.

The successful supplier will be required to provide

General Management Services - that will include (but not limited to) -

1. To deliver directly or, work as the agent to procure third party service providers on behalf of the Landlord, to provide the agreed requirements. The successful supplier, as an Agent, is required to ensure that tenants and visitors receive a high level of customer service.

The agreements are;-

a. Reception services

b. Maintenance services

c. Security Services

d. Letting Agents

2. Collection of Rent, Service Charges, Meeting Room Income and Carparking Charges:-The successful supplier will be required to collect all relevant incomes from tenants and pay these to the Landlord less the suppliers fee for management as specified in the specification document (to be shared)