Northwest Regional Development Agency Perspective

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Northwest Regional Development Agency Perspective

• Rob YoungNorthwest Co-ordinator for the 2012
  GamesNorthwest Regional Development Agency

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To deliver an inspirational, safe and inclusive
Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
26 Sports 10,250 athletes from 205 nations 150
venues in all 3.7 billion TV audience 1.2 million
Internet hits per minute
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London 2012 Contracting Opportunities

• People core staff, supported by a wide range of
  professional, technical and advisory consultants.
  Some contracts will be large framework contracts
  lasting many years and others will be for
  shorter, task or project-specific
• Olympic Park contracts will be a mixture of
  site-wide and zone specific relating to the
  venues and infrastructure being built for 2012.
  The kinds of contract are land assembly, land
  modelling and remediation, construction and
  infrastructure
• Venues this includes work on the permanent
  venues, including the overlay requirements for
  all Olympic and Paralympic venues. It will also
  include the entire transport infrastructure and
  may include other supporting facilities
• Goods products brought directly to deliver the
  Games such as construction materials and
  products, stationary items and computer equipment
• Operations providing goods and services to
  stage the Games such as sponsorship, sports
  equipment, venue seating, security, venue IT/core
  systems, catering, staff/volunteer uniforms,
  official merchandise, accounting, design, staff
  health facilities and creative services
• Legacy the dismantling of the temporary Games
  infrastructure, the conversion of the Games
  infrastructure to long-term legacy use, and the
  delivery of the long-term legacy development

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Why get involved?

• Creating a UK wide business legacy from the
  Games to demonstrate that the UK is a
  creative, inclusive and welcoming place to live
  in, visit and for business
• Improving the transparency and availability of
  2012 contracts by opening up supply chains
• Developing and championing industry best
  practice
• Building the capacity and capabilities of UK
  businesses to compete win 2012 contracts
• Improving the awareness and interest in bidding
  for other public and private sector contracts

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London 2012 Business Network
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UK businesses are already benefiting

• 650 companies have won contracts worth over 2
  billion
• Over 70 are small and medium sized (SMEs)
• 46 are based outside of London
• 12 is based in the Olympic Park Host Boroughs.
• Over 98 are based in the UK
• Around 19,000 companies have registered on
  CompeteFor
• 78 are SMEs
• 90 employ less than 200 staff
• 67 of companies registered on CompeteFor are
  based outside of London

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The Northwest success story

• 1000 companies registered on CompeteFor
• 85 of these companies are SMEs
• 20 companies won work to supply the ODA
• 11 of these companies are SMEs
• Over 80 companies have been referred to Business
  Link Northwest to receive support in preparing
  their company
• 25 NW companies have been shortlisted for
  contracts through CompeteFor
• The TAS Partnership undertaken a procurement
  study for the provision of coach and bus
  transport for the Olympic family within the
  Olympic site
• Watsons Steel manufacture fabricate the
  steel structures for the Olympic Stadium

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Northwest Business Network

• Regional Events Programme (www.businesseventsfor20
  12.com)
• January 16th - Launch of London 2012 Business
  Network
• January 16th - Constructing Excellence Roadshow
  
• May 22nd - BERR Bidding to Win
• June 3rd - Marketing Your Business to London
  2012
• June 12th - Introduction to London 2012 Business
  Network
• July 10th - London 2012 Understanding
  Sustainability
• July 15th - Understanding CompeteFor
• Information Resources to prepare your company-
• Case Studies - NW companies with a track record
  of supplying major sport events
• Information Factsheets information on key
  topics i.e. World Swimming Championships 2008
  (Coming Soon)
• E-newsletter on 2012 in the Northwest (register
  via NWDA website )

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Where to go for further information?

• London 2012 Business Centre - www.london2012.com/g
  et-involved/business-centre/index.php
• CompeteFor at www.competefor.com and via Helpdesk
  on 0845 2177804
• Information on regional events programme
  www.businesseventsfor2012.co.uk
• Business Link Northwest
• Call 0845 00 66 888
• Email games_at_businesslinknw.co.uk
• Visit www.businesslink.gov.uk/northwest
• Visit NWDA Website at - www.nwda.co.uk