Centre Management and Business/Innovation/Training Support Services Provider - Mid Suffolk Skills and Innovation Centre

Description

Mid Suffolk District Council wishes to appoint an organisation highly experienced in providing Centre Management and Business/Innovation Support to SME’s. The Centre will also have a collaboration of academic institutions directly delivering training and short courses (including CPD) from the training and meeting spaces on the ground floor. This will require support from the Centre Management team in terms of booking spaces and facilities management. Events and business meetings will also take place at the Centre via external hirings in addition to the Centre’s tenant uses, requiring marketing, co-ordination and management.The contract term will be 3 (three) years from 1st April 2026 (subject to the final building opening date) with the option to extend by up to a further 24 months. Lot 1: Please see short description above Please note - PIN Notice - Skills and Innovation Centre Operator - Find a Tender - Notice reference: 2024/S 000-026373. Additional information: The maximum potential value of the contract over the initial contract term and the potential extension period, taking into account any additional volume and services developed over the maximum 5 year period is up to £1,000,000. This figure has been inflated to ensure that it encompasses changes to the service as the centre is established and the model of delivery evolves over the period of the c