Fund Managers Service For The Scottish Government.

Descriptions

This Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is for the provision of a Fund Managers Service to The Scottish Government. Scottish Government, through its SME Holding Fund Manager, is seeking to competitively select up to 6 organisations to become fund managers, with at least 1 fund manager for micro-finance, at least 1 for debt, and at least 1 for early stage equity.The responses to this questionnaire will be used to select 12 potential suppliers that will be taken to the Invitation to Tender stage of this 2-stage process.Objective.The key objective of this Contract Agreement is to consistently deliver a service that:— meets agreed quality standards;— delivers value for money;— meets a wide range of customer requirement;— supports ministerial policies relating to access to Finance;— consistently delivers ‘best practice’ in relation to Financial Fund Management;— delivers continuous improvement throughout the term of the Contract Agreement;— provides a flexible service in response to the changing requirements of the Scottish Government;— has a track record in both terms of Investment and Portfolio Management;— is open and transparent;— is innovative;— is commercially aware;— addresses market failures and focuses on addressing gaps in the provision of finance to SMEs with growth and export potential;— achieves an overall leverage target of 4 GBP per 1 GBP grant from the SME Holding Fund;— achieve the SME Holding fund's target of at least 1950 jobs in the third to fifth year following investments.Note: the buyer is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required.To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for project Code 5348 under PQQs Open to All Suppliers. Please use the Search/Filter function, then select Project Code from the drop-down. Please note that once you have expressed interest in the PQQ it will move to your My PQQs area.For further information on using PCS-Tender, please read the Supplier Response Guide: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/supplierhelppage/PCS-TSupplierResponseGuide.pdfIf you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.