Published date: 5 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: 4 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Residential homes construction work - 45215214

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£45,000

Procurement reference

CWC18001

Published date

5 December 2018

Closing date

4 January 2019

Contract start date

31 January 2019

Contract end date

28 January 2022

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 (WCC). Wolverhampton Homes (WH), an Arm's Length Management Organisation (ALMO) is wholly owned by WCC and is the designated party who will be responsible for delivering new council housing developments across the City on former garage sites and small infill pockets of land. This is a high profile activity for WCC and WH, and the selection of appropriate partners is critical to its success of the delivery of good quality, cost effective housing. The Client intends to bring forward 9 sites for residential development for which architectural design and other services will be required to progress the scheme to full planning consent stage initially. Once full planning consent has been obtained, the Client proposes that the successful Architect provides a watching brief design related service through to Practical Completion. The Client's experience in delivery of new council housing is developing and to ensure that the Client meets its business plan objectives, the Client will need to rely upon the successful Architect to produce good quality designs in line with the City Council's design and specification criteria and be able to offer practical design advice based on their experience gained from working in this market. The procurement of architectural services relates to design services for the sites detailed within Appendix A. Detail of the scope of service required has been included within Appendix A and is based on the RIBA Standard Agreement 2010 (2012 revision) including CDM Regulations April 2015: Addendum. It should be noted it is the intention that this requirement for Architectural Services will be awarded to a single supplier who will be responsible for the delivery of the entire tendered works requirement. The successful Consultant will be required to have sufficient capacity to provide Architectural and other named Services for all sites simultaneously.

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
WV11RL
England

Telephone

01902 554584

Email

mark.sennett@wolverhampton.gov.uk