Published date: 17 May 2018

Last edited date: 17 May 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


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 - AWARD

Published date

17 May 2018

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

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

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.

Award information

Awarded date

18 January 2018

Contract start date

18 December 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2018

Total value of contract

£23,776

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Arcadis Consulting (UK) Limited

Address

HCL House, St Mellons Business Park, Fortran Road, Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF3 0EY

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

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/