Notice Type: 2200
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Prior Information Notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 7/2009
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8708-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Prior information or periodic indicative notice
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: Not applicable
Summary:
PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): One North East and/or other
Contracting Authroties as set out in section VI.2 of this Notice, Stella
House, UK-Newcastle Upon Tyne NE15 8NY.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.onenortheast.co.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: www.onenortheast.bravosolution.com.
Further information can be obtained at: One North East, Contact: There is
no additional information to be obtained at this stage. You can email
e-tendering@onenortheast.co.uk where your details will be kept and you
will be notified once additional information becomes available. Please
note, in addition to registering your business to receive future
notifications for this procurement, it is your responsibility to check the
website www.onenortheast.bravosolution.com on a regular basis., Attn:
Procurement Team, UK-. E-mail: e-tendering@onenortheast.co.uk. Fax +44
1912296201. URL: www.onenortheast.bravosolution.com.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local agency/office.
Other: Regional Development Agency for North East England.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: yes.
SECTION II.B: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT (SUPPLIES OR SERVICES)
II.1) TITLE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CONTRACT BY THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY: Fund
Management Services for Regional Venture Capital and Loan Funds.
II.2) TYPE OF CONTRACT AND PLACE OF DELIVERY OR OF PERFORMANCE: Services.
Service category: No 6.
Main place of performance or of delivery: North East England.
NUTS code: UKC.
II.3) SHORT DESCRIPTION OF NATURE AND QUANTITY OR VALUE OF SUPPLIES OR
SERVICES: A fund management services framework agreement (stricto sensu)
is being procured for a number of fund managers to provide services on a
call off basis to deliver a range of regional Venture Capital and Loan
Funds in the North East of England, with the total value of investment
capital anticipated to be initially circa £125 000 000. In addition the
Contracting Authority or those named in sections II.7 and VI.2 may from
time to time call off services under the terms of the framework agreement
for additional funds over and above the estimated initial £125 000 000 of
investment capital.
The investment capital is expected to be raised by a holding fund to be
set up in accordance with the European Commission/European Investment Bank
JEREMIE model (Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises).
By adopting the JEREMIE model the holding fund will potentially be able to
secure funding from the EIB, expected to comprise 50 % of the capital of
the holding fund.
It is anticipated that this contract will be of particular interest to
fund managers who are active in the early stage/sub £2m funding sector.
II.4) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 66122000, 66190000, 66172000,
66171000, 66170000, 66152000, 66151000, 66150000, 66121000, 66120000,
66100000, 66000000, 48812000, 66130000, 66131000.
II.6) CONTRACT COVERED BY THE GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA): No.
II.7) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Economic Operators should be aware that
although the Contracting Authority for the purposes of this procurement is
One NorthEast, One NorthEast may allow one or more of the other Regional
Development Agencies and/or public bodies and/or subsidiary companies,
and/or recipients of Public monies may choose to access the concluded
Contract/Framework, without creating any obligation of any of them to do
so. In that event, the contractual relationship would be between the
approved individual accessing the contract and the contractor.
In addition the Contracting Authority may novate this contract/framework
to one of its wholly owned subsidiaries and/or any company, organisation
or other Special Purpose Vehicles which the Agency has an ownership
interest in or otherwise participates in with the consent of the Secretary
of State’s consent pursuant to Section 5 of the Regional Development
Agencies Act 1998(“Section 5 Entity”).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Reserved contracts: No.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: Yes.
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): European Regional Development
Fund.
VI.2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Economic Operators should be aware that
although the Contracting Authority for the purposes of this procurement is
One NorthEast, One NorthEast may allow one or more of the other Regional
Development Agencies and/or public bodies and/or subsidiary companies,
and/or recipients of Public monies may choose to access the concluded
Contract/Framework, without creating any obligation of any of them to do
so. In that event, the contractual relationship would be between the
approved individual accessing the contract and the contractor.
In addition the Contracting Authority may novate this contract/framework
to one of its wholly owned subsidiaries and/or any company, organisation
or other Special Purpose Vehicles which the Agency has an ownership
interest in or otherwise participates in with the consent of the Secretary
of State’s consent pursuant to Section 5 of the Regional Development
Agencies Act 1998(“Section 5 Entity”).
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 9.1.2009.
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