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Finance Durham Fund - Investment Fund Management Service
Financial and insurance services
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline 29 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL: "Finance Durham Fund - Investment Fund Management Service". Published status: active. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Closed 29 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
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Published history for DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
12.5Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 16 active published awards; 16 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusactive | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published23 Feb 2022, 16:05 GMT | Last source update23 Feb 2022, 16:05 GMT | Recurring procurementYes |
ClassificationFinancial and insurance services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-031a75 | ||
What is being bought
DCC operates a £20m investment fund (the Finance Durham Fund) to invest in enterprises (via debt, mezzanine and equity finance) across County Durham. Though not exclusively for SMEs, investees to date have been SMEs and it is anticipated that investees will be largely be SMEs in the future. The Fund is 100% financed by DCC and is operated on a commercial basis to deliver both an economic development impact and financial return to the Authority over the longer term.
The Finance Durham fund is structured as 'Evergreen' - that is, to provide debt and equity finance on an ongoing / permanent basis through the recycling of investment and interest returns to the Fund.
The Purpose of this procurement is to procure the services of a single FCA regulated fund manager, following the completion of the contractual term, to undertake the following activity in relation to the Finance Durham Fund:
1. Investment Fund Management
2. Portfolio management
3. Provision of access to finance (A2F) business support activity .
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to active
23 Feb 2022, 16:05 GMT - Official notice release published
23 Feb 2022, 16:05 GMT - Submission deadline changed to 29 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
23 Feb 2022, 16:05 GMT - Buyer information updated
23 Feb 2022, 16:05 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedactivePublished valueNot publishedDCC operates a £20m investment fund (the Finance Durham Fund) to invest in enterprises (via debt, mezzanine and equity finance) across County Durham. Though not exclusively for SMEs, investees to date have been SMEs and it is anticipated that investees will be largely be SMEs in the future. The Fund is 100% financed by DCC and is operated on a commercial basis to deliver both an economic development impact and financial return to the Authority over the longer term. The Finance Durham fund is structured as 'Evergreen' - that is, to provide debt and equity finance on an ongoing / permanent basis through the recycling of investment and interest returns to the Fund. The Purpose of this procurement is to procure the services of a single FCA regulated fund manager, following the completion of the contractual term, to undertake the following activity in relation to the Finance Durham Fund: 1. Investment Fund Management 2. Portfolio management 3. Provision of access to finance (A2F) business support activity .Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
23 Feb 2022, 16:05 GMT - Submission deadline
29 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL
Contracting authority GB-FTS-8336Documents (2)
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