CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Interpretation Design for Natural, Industrial and Social Heritage in North East Wales

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Brymbo Heritage Trust is seeking the services of an Interpretation Designer to a) support its development of a Second Round Heritage Lottery Fund submission by September 2019, and b), subject to the success of that submission, support its implementation from early 2020.

A comprehensive overview of the project is contained in the Invitation to Tender, along with a series of background documents.

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=85812.

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

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Total quantity or scope of tender

The contract relates to an anticipated exhibition & interpretation capital/installation budget of approximately £450,000. This will be applied to a diverse range of indoor, outdoor, spatially disparate, static, audio-visual, graphic, interactive, virtual and/or augmented reality approaches relating to natural history, industrial heritage and social history relating to the former Brymbo Iron and Steelworks site near Wrexham.

The services required are in two parts, the first of which (October 2018 to September 2019) carries a fixed fee of £18,000; the second part (early 2020 onwards) is to be competitively priced.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Bidders must be able to demonstrate experience of working with Heritage Lottery Funded projects of comparable scale and complexity.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:85812)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: The total financial scale of the Brymbo Heritage Area and its associated projects is approximately £10m over the period 2017 to 2024. A temporary building to cover section of the 300 million year old Brymbo Fossil Forest is being funded by the Rural Community Development Fund to a value of £128,000.

A temporary building to cover section of the 300 million year old Brymbo Fossil Forest is being funded by the Rural Community Development Fund to a value of £128,000.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice