Brazil Bulletin – Sports Business Projects and Opportunities - July 2012

If your company is looking to address the Brazilian marketplace then the forthcoming 2014 World Cup and Rio 2016 Olympics are leading to invaluable breakthrough opportunities across many sectors. Businesses are engaging both directly with the sports projects themselves, and also with the many associated (‘Collateral’) infrastructure projects planned and underway around the host-cities.

Commercial Doctor’s experience in briefing London 2012 supply chain companies has shown us that managers want a regular feed of objective, actionable business information regarding opportunities and project news. Our knowledge of sports project lifecycles also enables us to provide insights and forecasts of future business opportunities across multiple sectors.

This briefing addresses direct sports project opportunities and comprises the following sections:

• Listing of major sports events and governing bodies;
• Brazil 2014 World Cup – Host Cities – Project News;
• Brazil 2014 World Cup – News and Business;
• Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics – News and Business;
• 2012/2016 Procurement Comparator:
• Brazil - Sports Project Tenders:
• Brazil - Sports Project Approvals:
• Conclusions.

Our 2012/2016 procurement activity comparator overlays the Rio 2016 timeline over the actual supply chain tendering data from the London 2012 project, to create an estimate of likely contract opportunities over the coming quarters, across the following sectors:

• Professional Services;
• Management Services;
• Technical Services;
• Environmental Services
• Construction Operations;
• Materials Supply;
• Overlay Operations;
• Games-Time Operations.