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Herefordshire Council

Tender for the provision of Project Management / Employer's Representative Services for Hereford Enterprise Zone

Publication Platform
DUE NORTH LIMITED

Publication Date
28 February 2020

Deadline
12:00am, 27 March 2020

Tender ID
HEREFCC-DN467740-71896840

Description
The Hereford Enterprise Zone Board is responsible for the delivery of Skylon Park, Hereford Enterprise Zone. Skylon Park is a world-class business landscape, available for immediate development following over £20 million investment in infrastructure, and offers a high quality business environment in a parkland setting. The 72-hectare site is located within Rotherwas, the largest and most strategically important employment area in Herefordshire, and is already home to over 250 companies employing in excess of 2,500 people. Our aim is to utilise Zone status to speed up the development of the new land, which will become a catalyst for enhanced economic growth throughout the Marches through the creation of highly skilled jobs and encouragement of overseas investment into the area.We have developed or sold over 51 acres to date, with 41 EZ clients in occupation and 755 jobs within those businesses. This brief covers an intensive 18 month period where the remaining infrastructure investment required to make the zone ready is implemented. Projects have yet to be developed, but likely to include the installation of access roads, utility infrastructure (including drainage), trenching, other groundworks, cycle ways / walkways, landscaping and signage.