Contract

01 December 2016

Aberdeen City Council to announce preferred bidder for existing and new Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre

A preferred bidder for the operator for the new Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre is to be agreed at Aberdeen City Council's Finance, Policy and Resources committee today (1 December 2016).

Councillors on the committee will consider a report and recommendations on the future operator of the existing AECC from 1 April 2017, and for the new AECC for a period of 10 years. This follows an extensive procurement process during which three bidders have been considered for the future operation and management of both venues.

The procurement for the preferred bidder was undertaken in three stages - market testing, competitive dialogue (outline and detailed solutions), and final tender.

The Finance, Policy and Resources Committee will approve a preferred bidder and thereafter the Council will issue official standstill letters to all bidders to advise of the outcome of the evaluation process.

The standstill period is a period of 10 days ending at midnight at the end of the 10th day after that on which the last notice is sent. If unsuccessful tenderers have any concerns with regard to the process and/or its outcome, they should be raised during the standstill period and there will be an opportunity for them to request additional debrief information at this stage.

The council will enter into a contract with the preferred operator once the standstill period is completed.

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