Design Consultant Framework - Architectural Design Services

Tender description

The purpose of this tender is to enter into a Design Consultancy Framework - Architectural Design Services, to buildings owned by the Council or in which the Council has an interest e.g. libraries, leisure centres and schools within the administrative boundaries of the Council. Wirral is a Metropolitan Borough within Merseyside in the North West of England with a population of approximately 300,000 over 60 square miles. Further information about Wirral is available on our website (www.wirral.gov.uk). Wirral Council wished to appoint one or more consultants to undertake the provision of Architectural Design Services to Wirral Council Department of Universal & Infrastructure Services for the period 01/12/2015 to 30/11/2019. The Universal & Infrastructure Services Department is responsible for the delivery of a wide range of building services including; Building Design and Property Maintenance; Energy Conservation; Asset Management; FM Services and Transport Services. Wirral has a Capital Programme for building works which is partly made up from Council Capital and partly from the Department for Education Grant from Central Government. Many of the projects we undertake are small projects comprising either refurbishment, alteration or extension to existing buildings and this requires a considerable depth of knowledge and experience of a wide range of building types and uses in order to design appropriately for the existing building stock. The majority of our projects are extensions and refurbishments of schools, especially Primary Schools (3-11 years) and it is important that our partner consultants have both experience and knowledge of this key specialist core business area. The tender is split into 5 lots: LOT 1. - Architectural Design Services, including whole project design team LOT 2. - Quantity Surveying Service LOT 3. - Electrical Engineering Design Service LOT 4. - Mechanical Engineering Design Service LOT 5. - Structural Engineering Design Service Tenders may be submitted for individual or a combination or all of the above lots. The contract is for 4 years starting on 1st December 2015, renewable on an annual basis.