Contract Award-Supply of Tax Advice for the Manydown Project, Basingstoke

Contract Award-

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (‘BDBC’) and Hampshire County Council (‘HCC’) are the leaseholders of approximately 840 hectares of land at Manydown, near Basingstoke. BDBC and HCC are in the process of procuring a consortium of consultants to prepare a Detailed Masterplan and submit a Planning Application for the first phase of the Manydown project that is defined as the site allocation contained in the emerging Local Plan.

This particular requirement relates to the commissioning of a comprehensive tax advisory service covering all current and future potential taxation aspects in relation to the Manydown project. BDBC will be acting in the capacity as ‘lead authority’.

It is envisaged the commissioned tax advisory service will cover:

• (I)Corporation Tax;
• (ii)VAT;
• (iii)Property Tax;
• (iv)Revenue Income Taxation.

The advice required will need to be from the perspective of the councils as joint landowners and developers of the Manydown project.

It is envisage that the contract will commence from 10/08/2015 and operate for a period of between 3 to 5 years, but this may vary according to how, and the speed at which, the Manydown project progresses as whole.

Additional information: The Council is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with Tenderers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to Tenderers and all communications with the Council, including the submission of Tenderers’ Responses, will be conducted via the ProContract system, which can be accessed using the following link:

https://www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk