CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

PLACEMAKING PLANS: ABERGAVENNY, MAGOR WITH UNDY AND MONMOUTH

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Monmouthshire County Council, Abergavenny Town Council, Magor with Undy Town Council and Monmouth Town Council are seeking consultancy support in developing placemaking plans for Abergavenny, Magor with Undy and Monmouth. The plans will consider what is distinctive about each town, assess the challenges and opportunities they face, provide a vision for each town that reflects the aspirations of local communities and stakeholders, and set out prioritised action plans to achieve those visions.

The county council and the three town councils are commissioning these plans jointly. This collaborative approach is designed to ensure that the plans are based on and aligned with aspirations and objectives at the local and county level, and to support effective joint working in the longer term in implementing the plans and delivering regeneration in each town. The views of local stakeholders and communities will be fundamental to the development of the plans.

The placemaking plan process will enable the town and county councils and key local stakeholders to come to a shared view on the key challenges and opportunities facing each town and the interventions that are required from all partners to respond to them. The plans will guide regeneration implementation by all partners, making a case regeneration investment in the towns and helping to lever in funding from a range of sources.

This is a single commission to produce three separate placemaking plans. It is expected that the process and outputs for each town will be separate. Although the process of producing the plans is anticipated to be broadly similar for each of the towns, some adaptation may be required to respond to the specific local contexts and requirements of the three places.

Monmouthshire County Council is a signatory to the Placemaking Wales Charter. The placemaking plans and their preparation should be aligned with charter and its principles.

More information and instructions for submission of proposals are in the accompanying ITT, consultancy brief and other documentation.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=138438.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The contract is for the production of three placemaking plans, for Abergavenny, Magor with Undy and Monmouth.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

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:138438)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice