Published date: 1 November 2016

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 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Urban planning and landscape architectural services - 71400000

  • General public services - 75110000

  • Survey services - 79311000

    • Environmental planning - 90712000

Location of contract

East of England, London

Value of contract

£15,000

Procurement reference

RGMPNOV2016

Published date

1 November 2016

Closing date

22 November 2016

Contract start date

5 December 2016

Contract end date

27 March 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Barking and Dagenham is London's growth opportunity. We are progressing with our emerging local plan (2015 to 2030); which will unlock growth for over 35,000 homes and 10,000 jobs. This was endorsed by an independent Growth Commission.

This brief looks at a specific (but important) component of social infrastructure; religious meeting places. The borough does not have a policy on how to engage with local religious groups and this is the first purpose of this commission. To inform this (and later parts of the brief) the Council also requires an audit of existing religious facilities and religious groups (across the borough) , an understanding of future demand for religious facilities and how this is best met. The final part of this commission is to make recommendations for the Council's Local Plan policy on religious meeting places . Please see the attached brief for more details.

Scope of services required
The commissioning team envision that this study will have five main parts:
Part 1: A policy for engaging with local religious groups
Part 2: A site assessment for religious meeting places and the creation of a religious meeting places database
Part 3: Assessment of existing and future demand/ need for religious meeting places
Part 4: Testing if supply could be met in the large regeneration sites such as Thames Road and if multi faith centres provide a potential opportunity to reduce space requirements
Part 5: Recommend Local Plan policy on Religious Meeting Places

The Council has expressed that the value of the contract is likely to be no less than £15,000 given the scope of services required (see brief for more details).

Tender Submission
Consultant teams should provide the following number of tender submissions in the formats specified:
Two bound copies
One electronic copy on CD-Rom

Tender submissions must be returned by 5pm Tuesday 22 November 2016
Tender submissions should be addressed to:

FAO: Peter Wiltshire
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Room 111 Town Hall 1 Town Square Barking IG11 7LU

Queries relating to the tender process should be emailed no later than 5pm Tuesday 15 November 2016 to:
Jamie Simpson
jamie.simpson@lbbd.gov.uk
020 8227 5816

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Jamie Simpson

Address

Barking Town Hall
1 Town Square
Barking
IG11 7LU
England

Telephone

020 8227 5816

Email

jamie.simpson@lbbd.gov.uk