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Corrigendum-UPN-00618 - Future Places Fund
AI Summary
The West of England Combined Authority seeks a professional Fund Adviser to manage the £500 million Future Places Fund, an impact investment platform aimed at revitalising stalled, “oven‑ready” housing and commercial schemes across the region. The adviser will be responsible for the full lifecycle of the fund, guiding every transaction from origination to completion, and ensuring that each investment aligns with the authority’s strategic objective of rapid, regional regeneration.
Its duties are organised into three core pillars: first, the creation and maintenance of a dynamic investment pipeline, the structuring of bespoke, debt‑equity hybrid deals with tenors of three to five years, and the rigorous due‑diligence and execution processes that culminate in financial closure; second, the active portfolio and asset monitoring after capital deployment, including drawdown management, construction progress oversight, covenant compliance, and timely distress resolution; and third, the integration of impact, ESG, and output reporting to demonstrate progress against measurable outcomes such as homes built, jobs created, brownfield regeneration, and carbon reduction. All transaction structures must contain clear exit strategies, complex repayment hierarchies, and profit‑share mechanisms while meeting the fund’s capital recyclability and regional development standards.
Description
Executive Summary & Background:
The Investment Team is advancing the development of the £500m Future Places Fund (FPF). The fund is evolving its core strategy to operate as a regional impact investment platform specifically targeting stalled, "oven-ready" housing and commercial schemes across the region.
Unlike traditional public sector funding architectures, the FPF will move away from grant reliance. Instead, it will deploy a revolving, largely repayable investment model designed to recycle capital over time, alongside a deal-by-deal co-investment strategy with institutional and pension fund partners to maximize regional impact.
The draft investment strategy and structure have recently been formally endorsed by the Strategic Place Partnership Board. The Authority is now finalising the necessary governance and delivery architecture to ensure schemes can be brought forward rapidly.
Scope of Requirements:
Core Responsibilities and Scope of Work
The successful Fund Adviser will be required to manage and execute across the following three core pillars (A,B,C) of the fund lifecycle:
A. Origination, Structuring & Execution
Pipeline, Origination & Market Engagement
• Design and implement an approach for continuous pipeline management, market engagement and opportunity sourcing, including helping the Authority maintain a transparent route for eligible schemes to be considered. This will initially prioritise opportunities capable of demonstrating realistic delivery trajectories within the current mayoral term.
• Engage with a diverse network of regional stakeholders, including local authorities, public-sector partners, the local property community, and national developers or investors to source "oven-ready" schemes.
Transaction Structuring & Investment Modelling
• Design bespoke, deal-by-deal investment structures that balance risk and return while prioritizing capital recyclability and delivery.
• Structure appropriate pricing, tenors (typically ranging from 3 to 5 years), and clear exit strategies-including complex repayment hierarchies (e.g., senior debt recovery followed by FPF equity capital recovery) and profit-share/upside mechanisms.
End-to-End Due Diligence & Transaction Execution
The adviser will have primary responsibility for driving transactions through a structured, 4-stage governance and underwriting process:
• Investment Overview: Producing concise, one-page investment overviews for initial deal screening.
• Stage 1 (Heads of Terms): Negotiating and finalizing commercial Heads of Terms (HoT) with prospective borrowers and recipients.
• Stage 2 (Detailed Due Diligence): Undertaking rigorous financial, commercial, and risk due diligence on the sponsor and the scheme.
• Closing: Managing the finalization of loan/equity documentation and overseeing financial closing.
B. Ongoing Portfolio Management & Asset Monitoring
Following financial close, the Fund Adviser will be responsible for the active commercial and operational management of the invested portfolio to safeguard public capital and ensure delivery. Responsibilities include:
• Drawdown & Capital Deployment Management: Overseeing the monthly loan/equity drawdown process. This includes reviewing and validating Independent Monitoring Surveyor (IMS) reports, verifying "cost-to-complete" metrics, and ensuring funding is released only against verified development milestones.
• Construction & Milestone Tracking: Actively monitoring on-site construction progress against agreed development programs. The adviser must proactively identify project delays, supply chain disruptions, or contractor insolvency risks before they impact fund deployment.
• Covenant & Compliance Monitoring: Continuous tracking of borrower compliance with financial and non-financial covenants, including Loan-to-Value (LTV), Loan-to-Cost (LTC), interest cover ratios, and legal obligations.
• Asset Restructuring & Workout Support: In the event of project distress or underperformance, leading on variations, extensions, or refinancing negotiations to protect the FPF's capital and ensure project completion.
C. Impact, ESG & Output Reporting
Embed the fund's core performance metrics into the initial appraisal and long-term monitoring of every transaction.
Ensure all approved investments explicitly track and deliver against the fund's primary output metrics, specifically:
o Housing Delivery: Total homes built, with a primary focus on maximizing affordable housing across all tenures.
o Economic Growth: Jobs created and safeguarded through commercial, industrial, and mixed-use developments, alongside overall GVA growth.
o Sustainability & Regeneration: Total acreage of brownfield regeneration achieved and measurable carbon reduction outputs.
Total value (capped)
• The management fee is capped at £200,000 per annum excl VAT with a maximum capped value of £1,000,000 excl VAT for the maximum possible five year term.
• This value excludes the transactional and market facing fees.
Estimated Contract dates:
3 years + optional 1 year extension + optional 1 year extension. Maximum possible term is 5 years.
Estimated date of publication of contract notice: 2026-07-30T23:59:59+01:00
Contract location: UK
Amendments:
Other additional information: Update to engagement event time
Engagement process description
Engagement process description
The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority intends to host a market engagement event in advance of an upcoming procurement competition for the Future Places Fund procurement.
The event will be held online via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 23rd July 2026 from 11:00 - 11:45.
In order to register your interest for this event, please register your interest through the Atamis sourcing portal:
https://weca-atamis.my.site.com/s/Welcome
Once you have registered interest for this opportunity, a link to the Market Engagement Event will be sent to your registered supplier email address.
If you do not currently have an Atamis supplier account, you will need to register to be able to access this opportunity. Details can be found below:
https://suppliersupport.atamis.co.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/4613254620319-Registering-with-a-Supplier-Portal#h_01JETWJWYHX0AZ3TWTCYWN3PVG
The event is expected to be interactive with attendees encouraged to provide feedback and participate in Q&A
SUPPLIERS WISHING TO ATTEND MUST EXPRESS THEIR INTEREST VIA ATAMIS NO LATER THAN 17:00 ON WEDNESDAY 22ND JULY 2026
Due to capacity restrictions, attendance is limited to two representatives per organisation.
Lot: 1
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En
The Investment Team is advancing the development of the £500m Future Places Fund (FPF). The fund is evolving its core strategy to operate as a regional impact investment platform specifically targeting stalled, "oven-ready" housing and commercial schemes across the region.
Unlike traditional public sector funding architectures, the FPF will move away from grant reliance. Instead, it will deploy a revolving, largely repayable investment model designed to recycle capital over time, alongside a deal-by-deal co-investment strategy with institutional and pension fund partners to maximize regional impact.
The draft investment strategy and structure have recently been formally endorsed by the Strategic Place Partnership Board. The Authority is now finalising the necessary governance and delivery architecture to ensure schemes can be brought forward rapidly.
Scope of Requirements:
Core Responsibilities and Scope of Work
The successful Fund Adviser will be required to manage and execute across the following three core pillars (A,B,C) of the fund lifecycle:
A. Origination, Structuring & Execution
Pipeline, Origination & Market Engagement
• Design and implement an approach for continuous pipeline management, market engagement and opportunity sourcing, including helping the Authority maintain a transparent route for eligible schemes to be considered. This will initially prioritise opportunities capable of demonstrating realistic delivery trajectories within the current mayoral term.
• Engage with a diverse network of regional stakeholders, including local authorities, public-sector partners, the local property community, and national developers or investors to source "oven-ready" schemes.
Transaction Structuring & Investment Modelling
• Design bespoke, deal-by-deal investment structures that balance risk and return while prioritizing capital recyclability and delivery.
• Structure appropriate pricing, tenors (typically ranging from 3 to 5 years), and clear exit strategies-including complex repayment hierarchies (e.g., senior debt recovery followed by FPF equity capital recovery) and profit-share/upside mechanisms.
End-to-End Due Diligence & Transaction Execution
The adviser will have primary responsibility for driving transactions through a structured, 4-stage governance and underwriting process:
• Investment Overview: Producing concise, one-page investment overviews for initial deal screening.
• Stage 1 (Heads of Terms): Negotiating and finalizing commercial Heads of Terms (HoT) with prospective borrowers and recipients.
• Stage 2 (Detailed Due Diligence): Undertaking rigorous financial, commercial, and risk due diligence on the sponsor and the scheme.
• Closing: Managing the finalization of loan/equity documentation and overseeing financial closing.
B. Ongoing Portfolio Management & Asset Monitoring
Following financial close, the Fund Adviser will be responsible for the active commercial and operational management of the invested portfolio to safeguard public capital and ensure delivery. Responsibilities include:
• Drawdown & Capital Deployment Management: Overseeing the monthly loan/equity drawdown process. This includes reviewing and validating Independent Monitoring Surveyor (IMS) reports, verifying "cost-to-complete" metrics, and ensuring funding is released only against verified development milestones.
• Construction & Milestone Tracking: Actively monitoring on-site construction progress against agreed development programs. The adviser must proactively identify project delays, supply chain disruptions, or contractor insolvency risks before they impact fund deployment.
• Covenant & Compliance Monitoring: Continuous tracking of borrower compliance with financial and non-financial covenants, including Loan-to-Value (LTV), Loan-to-Cost (LTC), interest cover ratios, and legal obligations.
• Asset Restructuring & Workout Support: In the event of project distress or underperformance, leading on variations, extensions, or refinancing negotiations to protect the FPF's capital and ensure project completion.
C. Impact, ESG & Output Reporting
Embed the fund's core performance metrics into the initial appraisal and long-term monitoring of every transaction.
Ensure all approved investments explicitly track and deliver against the fund's primary output metrics, specifically:
o Housing Delivery: Total homes built, with a primary focus on maximizing affordable housing across all tenures.
o Economic Growth: Jobs created and safeguarded through commercial, industrial, and mixed-use developments, alongside overall GVA growth.
o Sustainability & Regeneration: Total acreage of brownfield regeneration achieved and measurable carbon reduction outputs.
Total value (capped)
• The management fee is capped at £200,000 per annum excl VAT with a maximum capped value of £1,000,000 excl VAT for the maximum possible five year term.
• This value excludes the transactional and market facing fees.
Estimated Contract dates:
3 years + optional 1 year extension + optional 1 year extension. Maximum possible term is 5 years.
Estimated date of publication of contract notice: 2026-07-30T23:59:59+01:00
Contract location: UK
Amendments:
Other additional information: Update to engagement event time
Engagement process description
Engagement process description
The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority intends to host a market engagement event in advance of an upcoming procurement competition for the Future Places Fund procurement.
The event will be held online via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 23rd July 2026 from 11:00 - 11:45.
In order to register your interest for this event, please register your interest through the Atamis sourcing portal:
https://weca-atamis.my.site.com/s/Welcome
Once you have registered interest for this opportunity, a link to the Market Engagement Event will be sent to your registered supplier email address.
If you do not currently have an Atamis supplier account, you will need to register to be able to access this opportunity. Details can be found below:
https://suppliersupport.atamis.co.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/4613254620319-Registering-with-a-Supplier-Portal#h_01JETWJWYHX0AZ3TWTCYWN3PVG
The event is expected to be interactive with attendees encouraged to provide feedback and participate in Q&A
SUPPLIERS WISHING TO ATTEND MUST EXPRESS THEIR INTEREST VIA ATAMIS NO LATER THAN 17:00 ON WEDNESDAY 22ND JULY 2026
Due to capacity restrictions, attendance is limited to two representatives per organisation.
Lot: 1
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En
Details
Status:
Closed
Sectors:
66171000 - Financial consultancy services
70000000 - Real estate services
Place of origin:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Places of performance:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deadline:
Oct 21, 2026, 11:00 PM
Contract duration:
Start date: 22 October 2026, End date: 21 October 2029
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