Pre-Qualification (Expressions of Interest) for the Tender for the Advanced Design of the Southend Seafront Museum

Tender description

Southend Borough Council is seeking to bring together an experienced and appropriately qualified Architect-led design team with outstanding design and detailing skills to take forward the Seafront Museum Project in Southend-on-Sea. RIBA stages A to D under the RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2007 have been completed. The project received Conditional Planning Permission on 18th July 2012 (Application Number 12/00317/BC3M), and the permission has been enacted through the completion of stabilisation works. The seafront museum proposal incorporates the following uses (to be confirmed through the contract period): Construction Phase 1: • 8,701m2 230 space Multi-storey car park – for use by visitors to museum and seafront • 377m2 Museum shop and retail (Class A1) Construction Phase 2: • 10,023m2 Museum (Class D1); • 392m2 Planetarium (Class D1) and multi-function space; • 598m2 Restaurant (Class A3); and • 257m2 Cafe (Class A3). All submitted planning drawings and reports will be made available to the successful team. However, the scheme will need to be modelled and designed in BIM Level 2 which has not been completed as part of the Stage D design. The build cost is estimated to be in the range £35-40m, inclusive of VAT where applicable. The initial appointment will be to the end of RIBA Plan of Work Stage 4 (Technical Design) at which stage the Client will undertake a Gateway Review of the project. Should Phase One of the project then be taken forward the design team would be retained through to RIBA Plan of Works 2013 Stage 7. It is envisaged that the building procurement will use the JCT Standard Building Contract with Quantities although this will be subject to review during the Technical Design Stage.