Purpose

The signing of the Letter of Intent will be the first stage
of the contract award for the Managing Agent of the Crawley
Innovation Centre.  A further decision
for the final award of the contract will be taken in due
course.

Decision to award the contract to the selected tender
respondent following evaluation of all tender responses received
during the Crawley Innovation Centre Managing Agent procurement
process. The Managing Agent will run the Crawley Innovation Centre
and delivery building occupancy targets and related key performance
indicators on behalf of the Council - establishing the Innovation
Centre as a key asset for local small businesses and business
innovation.

Notification that the Leader (in consultation with the
Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development, Head of
Economy and Planning, and Head of Governance, People &
Performance) would be taking the decision to award this contract
was published in
IB/1267.

Content

To approve the signing by the Council of a
Letter of Intent to appoint the successful Agent to manage the Crawley Innovation
Centre (CIC), subject to the agreement and signing by the
parties of a detailed legally binding agreement (Management
Agreement).