Published date: 15 March 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: 12 April 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Architectural and related services - 71200000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£165,000

Procurement reference

PP18070

Published date

15 March 2018

Closing date

12 April 2018

Contract start date

14 May 2018

Contract end date

30 November 2020

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

The Client is Wolverhampton City Council. The Heath Town masterplan is a large-scale regeneration project, consisting of new housing build, upgrade of existing sports pitches, development of new play areas and environmental works. The existing estate comprises low rise deck access maisonettes and high rise residential blocks, all of which are occupied. The overall aspiration is to develop up to 360 new housing units on the estate. The masterplan includes: (A) the development of affordable housing on the estate; (B) An investment programme on all existing blocks on the estate which will complement the proposed new housing development being carried out by Wolverhampton Homes, the Council's Arm's Length Management Organisation will be delivering (detailed in Appendix B); (C) Building of new houses for sale and market rent by City of Wolverhampton Housing Company trading as WV Living, a trading company wholly owned by the Council; and (D) Three sites on the south side of the estate which will be disposed of to a private developer (Appendix D). This brief is for the design of the Affordable Housing only which forms part of the 25% affordable housing allocation. The market housing element of the masterplan proposals will be separately procured. This scope covers ten separate sites on the Heath Town estate in Wolverhampton. Nine of these sites to be progressed immediately with the option of the tenth to be progressed later subject to agreement that this site is developed by Council. Delivery of good quality, cost effective housing is key to achieving the Client's aspirations. This is a high-profile activity for the Client and the selection of appropriate Consultants is critical to its success.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

This requirement is being tendered through Wolverhampton City Council's e-procurement portal which can be located at the following address: WWW.WOLVERHAMPTONTENDERS.COM .Registration to the site is free and should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete. Once registered the full Invitation to Tender can be accessed and downloaded.

About the buyer

Contact name

Mark Sennett

Address

Civic Centre,St Peters Square
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV1 1RL
England

Telephone

01902 554584

Email

mark.sennett@wolverhampton.gov.uk