Tender: Thames Freeport Strategic Advisory Partner for Feasibility, Funding and SPV Delivery

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Thames Freeport is seeking a supplier for a multi-disciplinary Strategic Advisory Partner to provide integrated advisory, appraisal, feasibility, investment facilitation and Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) services to deliver its Industry, Investment and Infrastructure Framework (TFIIIF) across DP World London Gateway (Thurrock), the Port of Tilbury (Thurrock) and Ford Dagenham (Barking & Dagenham). TFIIIF aims to catalyse £16 billion in cumulative GVA, create 23,230 net additional jobs and generate £1.5 billion in additional annual GVA across four sector clusters: Technology and Advanced Manufacturing; Sustainable Construction; Advanced Port Logistics; and Deployed Artificial Intelligence. The opportunity is structured as a Framework Enabling Contract with Statements of Work per project, with anticipated annual spend of approximately £1,000,000 and a ceiling of £5,000,000 +VAT over a 3+1+1 year term, and requires capability to deliver Treasury-compliant business cases (HM Treasury Green Book), programme and project evaluation (HM Treasury Magenta Book), project feasibility (RIBA Stages 0–2 and pre-RIBA technical feasibility), investment cases for private and institutional capital, business planning and financial modelling, SPV establishment and ongoing operation, finance and legal services for SPV and project finance, and investor access and capital facilitation.