Published date: 4 December 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 10 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest - 45212350

  • Quantity surveying services - 71324000

  • Preservation services of historical sites and buildings - 92522000

    • Preservation services of historical buildings - 92522200

Location of contract

SN2 2EH

Value of contract

£0 to £20,000

Procurement reference

P/REF HE 00001016

Published date

4 December 2018

Closing date

10 January 2019

Contract start date

11 January 2019

Contract end date

22 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Project Summary
Regular maintenance is recognised as 'the routine work necessary to keep the fabric of a place in good order" (Conservation Principles 2008). It stops small issues causing great damage or escalating into expensive and challenging crises. It will not prevent major problems caused by materials coming to the end of their life, structural failure or violent damage by storm, fire or vandals, but regular maintenance coupled with 'stitch in time repairs' to address small problems keeps a building in the best possible health for the long term. However, there is no recent research to provide evidence of the potential economic benefit of maintenance and proactive minor repairs or the trajectory of deterioration where they are not done.

This desk-based study using existing fabric inspection reports, is intended to provide evidence in relation to three key questions in the care of listed places of worship:
a.What is the current estimated repair cost for necessary capital works on this sample of historic places of worship?
b.What would have been the cost of timely maintenance and minor 'stitch in time' type repairs if they had been done when identified in the fabric report/s as being necessary?
c.Would prompt attention to maintenance and repair issues have prevented or slowed down the development of major repair needs or are some of these the result of material, structural or design failures and could not have been managed or averted by maintenance?
The tender is required to identify a methodology that will produce a database (Excel spreadsheet) that will collate the information across the entire sample of buildings and an individual summary report for each building, drawing together a narrative account of the information gained from the research.

More information

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Additional text

As per attached tender document.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Lisa Middleton

Address

The Engine House
Firefly Avenue
SWINDON
SN2 2EH
United Kingdom

Telephone

01793 414046

Email

lisa.middleton@historicengland.org.uk

Website

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/historic-england/aspx/Home