Procurement strategy agreed for £1.13bn Glasgow City Deal

15 May 2015

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Gordon Matheson

A procurement strategy has been agreed upon to take forward Glasgow’s £1.13 billion City Deal, paving the way for work to proceed on 20 ‘major infrastructure projects’ across the city region over the next 20 years.

Urban Realm reports that a number of supplier events will be organised to provide further information on how suppliers and small and medium size enterprises can get involved in projects ranging from the resuscitated Glasgow Airport Rail Link to further waterfront regeneration at Govan and along the Clyde corridor.

The greatest single outlay will be a near £200 million investment in city centre public realm.

It is estimated that up to 15,000 people could be employed during the construction phase of the programme, intended to support a ‘strong growing core’ whilst exploiting opportunities across the wider region.

Councillor Gordon Matheson, chair of the Clyde Valley Cabinet, told Urban Realm: “Ensuring the procurement process is as simple and efficient as possible is great news for everyone as this will create even more jobs across the region as well as new opportunities for local companies.”

The City Deal will see the Scottish and UK governments each give the city £500m in grant funding with local authorities empowered to borrow a further £130m, which could unlock an additional £3.3bn of private capital.

City Deal Infrastructure Projects