CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Conservation Accredited Architect led Design Team

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The Design Team Lead will ensure all members of the Design Team are aware of the tasks and responsibilities attributed to them. They will maintain regular contact with all team members to ensure that any issues are identified with minimum delay and appropriate corrective action is taken where necessary.

The Conservation Accredited Architect will be responsible for identifying any surveys that are required, advising the Client’s representatives, writing the briefs and procuring them in line with Heritage Fund guidelines and overseeing them.

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2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Responsibilities and services required include:

- The Design Team Lead will be responsible for holding / chairing regular Design Team meetings, which will be recorded appropriately with minutes of meetings being distributed to the design team and others as appropriate.

- Act as Principal Designer under the terms of the CDM regulations.

- Prepare and monitor compliance with the Health and Safety Plan

- Produce design information against the programme, and if delayed use reasonable endeavours to expedite the production of the information.

- Provide suitable value engineering / re-scoping options as part of a coordinated value engineering exercise as required to mitigate against any uplift in projected construction and management costs.

- Provide rationale and justification for design team changes where appropriate to support the change control process employed on the project.

- Prepare/issue coordinated End RIBA Stage Design Reports and present to the Client

- Prepare applications for statutory approvals

- Provide material to support publicity for the project

- Keep full and accurate records of all key meetings and negotiations attended or conducted and make the same available to the Society’s representatives.

- Co-ordinate and submitting a monthly progress report, input into the overall project programme, cost reports and risk register.

- Agree reporting procedures and meeting schedules

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

The Trust is seeking to appoint a Conservation Accredited Architect-led team to be Contract Administrator and Principal Designer, to deliver the emergency works package for the castle’s core from RIBA stage 1 to 6.

The architect led design team should include but not be limited to:

- Architect services

- Structural engineer

- Quantity Surveyor which will be sourced separately

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:134031)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice