Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

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CONTRACT-A66F-VUWEMX.. Barts Health NHS Trust is a major provider of hospital services for London and nationally for a wide variety of specialised and tertiary services. It is the largest NHS Trust in England and operates from 5 hospitals in east London. In 2014/15 it had an annual turnover of 1 300 000 000 GBP and employs 15 000 staff. Its largest hospital is The Royal London at Whitechapel, which is the major trauma centre for east London. As part of its long-term, ongoing transformation the Trust is currently reviewing the use of its estate. A key contributor to this is the Whitechapel Development Programme, which is focused on the redevelopment of the buildings, land and associated holdings adjacent to The Royal London Hospital. The Trust wishes to commission a master-planning team to explore the contribution this site can make to its vision to enhance clinical excellence and life science provision while also, at the same time, optimising the commercial returns. This work will be undertaken in conjunction with Queen Mary University of London, as well as other partner organisations. The appointed master-planning advisory team will work with an established team of internal programme staff and experienced external advisers creatively to explore the physical and spatial options for the site. The time frame for completion of the 1st phase of work is October 2016 with the programme anticipated to run for a further 2 years.