Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Fylde Borough Council
Town Hall, St. Annes Road West
Lytham St. Annes
FY8 1LW
Contact
Mr Ben McCabe
Telephone
+44 1253658615
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD4 - Lancashire
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?v=2
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
St Annes Town Centre Strategy and Masterplan
Reference number
DN545615
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 70000000 - Real estate services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Commission of a Town Centre Strategy for St Annes
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD4 - Lancashire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Commission will include three stages
Stage 1 - Commercial Potential Assessment and Town Centre Health Check
Stage 2 - Masterplans for St Annes Town Centre and the Island
Stage 3 - Branding and Marketing Strategy for St Annes
Stage 1 – Commercial Potential Assessment and Town Centre Health Check, including but not limited to:
- A review of latest government policy on retail and town centres, Future High Streets Fund, Homes England Funds and other government funding programmes;
- An assessment of commercial investment funds with an interest in investing in St Annes;
- A review of representations in relation to the Local Plan and draft responses or recommendations for alterations in policy;
- Advice on tailoring existing local plan policy to meet the emerging needs of St Annes Town Centre;
- Updated primary research in the form of a full consumer survey targeting residents and visitors to understand shopping, tourism and leisure habits and the implications for future demands and needs;
- trends and yields;
- Advice for projected needs for comparison and convenience retail floorspace and other town centre uses/activities up to 2032 including a 5 and 10 year plan period;
- A review of the current proposals with planning permission, allocations and representations in relation to the adopted Local Plan for retail and town centre uses to ascertain any residual requirements that might need to be met through additional development proposals.
Stage 2 – Preparation of the Town Centre Masterplan and The Island Masterplan (Stage 2A and 2B respectively), to include the following:
- An updated masterplan prepared by an Architectural firm;
- A high-level cost appraisal of the development using similar schemes and cost benchmark data;
- A high-level economic viability study of the masterplan i.e. what will the regenerated asset(s) long term revenue impact be to the Council and what will the long-term indirect benefits bring i.e. jobs, tourism growth, leisure numbers;
- Consideration of the adjacent town centre regeneration aspirations;
- An appraisal of the current market – exploring opportunities and possible ‘meanwhile strategies’;
- A town planning strategy to sit alongside the updated masterplan;
- A report recommending potential options for procurement and delivery of the masterplan, including funding opportunities, phasing, extent of council direct involvement and governance;
- Project management of the above to ensure a coordinated masterplan document is produced and is consulted on properly
Stage 3 – Branding and Marketing Strategy for St Annes, including but not limited to:
- Understand and appreciate the value of the visitor economy of the resort of St Anne’s in its local, sub regional and regional context expressed in economic terms;
- Based on previous studies, assess the visitor segment markets and highlight the potential areas of growth within the visitor economy;
- Identify particular sectors within the visitor economy and highlight interventions and actions that may help with the growth of the visitor economy in respect of broad leisure attractions and facilities based around the assets and potential of the resort and its broader context. This may be influenced by locational advantage, heritage, coastline and other unique attributes;
- Assess the level/type of visitor accommodation and recommend how any gaps in the market may be addressed e.g. capacity, type, standard;
- Appreciate trends in visitor stays and spend and how this may affect the resort and its aspirations for growth in the future;
- Identify how any future planning or zoning for the resort may take advantage of particular growth segments e.g. specialised locations or particular ‘street character’ types;
- Based on previous studies and any potential reassessment, advise on any unique characteristics of place that can assist on the branding of St. Anne’s as a unique ‘place type’ to be used in future marketing, promotion and reputation building;
- Based around the concept of creating a resort of high-quality offer and reputation through the creation of a framework for quality standards ‘The Classic Resort’ concept, create an agreed destination management charter between all of the stakeholders and an agreed management plan to achieve the appropriate standards;
- Establish the appropriate standard measures to be agreed through partnership;
- Agree action planning, monitoring and a review process;
- Engage the Tourist authorities to agree the measures;
- Explore potential partnership working with other similar located coastal towns to create a ‘quality’ network.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
6
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
5 July 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
4 June 2021
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
London
Country
United Kingdom