Consultancy for National Infrastructure Assessment: Financing for Infrastructure

The purpose of this requirement is to:

• Develop a thorough understanding of strategic financing choices faced made by the public and private sectors when seeking to fund infrastructure projects – drawing on examples of both the past and present projects and setting out the implications of these decisions.

• Determine good policies and market practices that have been tested and exemplified through projects which could be put into future use.

• Identify any market failure or market barriers which are crucial to long-term success of infrastructure that requires interventions. Form a view on the presence and nature of fundamental or systemic gaps in policies in infrastructure financing.

Further details can be found within the full documentation attached to this notice.

Additional information: How to apply Instructions to Potential Providers: Potential Providers must first be registered on the Crown Commercial Service e-Sourcing Suite in order to respond to the Procurement. If you have not yet registered on the e-Sourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link ‘Register for CCS e-Sourcing’.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so at the Invitation to Tender stage. Potential Providers should note that it could take up to 10 working days to obtain a DUNS number. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at: http://gps.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/i-am-supplier/respond-tender

Once you have registered on the e-Sourcing Suite, you will need to express your interest by emailing ExpressionOfInterest@Crowncommercial.gov.uk

Your email must clearly state: • the name/reference of this procurement • the name of the registered supplier; and • the name and contact details

Crown Commercial Service will then process your registration and assign your organisation to the opportunity. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done.

It is advised however that Potential Providers register as soon as practically possible in order to receive the Invitation to Tender and have a sufficient amount of time to respond. Crown Commercial Service is not able to offer any extensions to the advertised procurement timetable.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact the Helpdesk: Freephone: 0207 276 8886 Email: ManagedProcurementService@crowncommercial.gov.uk