Olympic Delivery Authority
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is the public body responsible for developing and building the new venues and infrastructure for the Games and their use after 2012.
Led by John Armitt (Chairman) and David Higgins (Chief Executive), the ODA is charged with:
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Building new permanent venues
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Building arenas that will be relocated after the Games: Water Polo, Hockey, Basketball, Paralympic Tennis and Archery, Greenwich Arena and the indoor Shooting hall
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Permanent works to existing sports venues, like Eton Dorney and Weymouth and Portland
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Planning and delivery on both transport infrastructure and services to support the 2012 Games projects
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Converting the Olympic Park for long-term use after the Games
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Making sure the project sets new standards for sustainable development.
With a budget of £6 billion, many of the ODA's direct contracts will be related to construction projects. However, these opportunities are expected to generate an estimated 50,000 smaller packages in a range of different sectors (see Supply chain opportunities).
The ODA abide by public sector procurement regulations for their direct contracts, which is driven by European legislation. Where appropriate they will advertise direct opportunities on the CompeteFor website. They have also placed a contractual obligation for businesses within their supply chains to place sub-contracting opportunities on CompeteFor.
The ODA received vacant possession of the Olympic Park in summer 2007. Construction of the venues and infrastructure started the following year with all the major venues due to complete by summer 2011 ready for test events and the Olympic overlay.
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