Published date: 3 November 2017

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: 22 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Geotechnical engineering services - 71332000

  • Engineering-related scientific and technical services - 71350000

  • Subsurface surveying services - 71352000

Location of contract

WS1 1TP

Value of contract

£25,000 to £45,000

Procurement reference

WP3276A

Published date

3 November 2017

Closing date

22 November 2017

Contract start date

18 December 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2018

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

Walsall Council is seeking a suitably experienced and qualified consulting engineer to undertake Site Investigations - Phase I Desk Top Study and Phase II Intrusive Ground Investigation - for the Challenge Block site, Hatherton Street, Walsall.

The site is made up of a mixture of occupied building, former derelict buildings that have been cleared to slab level and land that is used for car parking. The site is directly adjacent to a railway line and the Ford Brook which also runs in a culvert beneath part of the site. The northern part of the site is within a wider area that has been infilled as a result of previous limestone mining. An aerial photograph is included below for reference.

The Council is currently at the advanced stages preparing an Area Action Plan (AAP) which allocates sites for development in Walsall town centre. A series of consultations on the AAP have been undertaken and the AAP was submitted to the Secretary of State for examination on 7th June 2017. The Examination was held by the Planning Inspector between 16th to18th October 2017 and the Council are awaiting the Inspectors report.

Policy AAPINV3: Walsall Gigaport of the emerging AAP states that:
Challenge Block (TC41) is allocated for the following uses:
o Office development
o Multi-storey car park (Policy AAPT5)
o Convenience retail/ bulky goods, if sequentially preferable sites cannot be delivered (Policy AAPS2).

The site is therefore seen as a key development opportunity within Walsall town centre. In order that future development of the site can be progressed there is a need to understand existing ground conditions and any potential issues that exist. As majority landowner Walsall Council is therefore commissioning Phase I & II site investigations to provide this information.

More information

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Additional text

Please note that Walsall Council have a new Contract opportunity.

For further details of the requirement, please see the following link to the Councils` e-Procurement web portal;

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/walsallcouncil

You will be required to register your organisation (if already not done so) and express your interest in the relevant project/opportunity.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

David Sheldon

Address

Darwall Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 1TP
United Kingdom

Telephone

01922 658399

Email

sheldond@walsall.gov.uk

Website

https://www.walsall.gov.uk/