Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Integrated Design Team Services with the Initial Contract for Tearooms in Merrion Square Park

Tender description

The Contracting Authority (Dublin City Council) is seeking to establish a multi- party framework agreement for integrated design team services with the initial contract for the development of tearooms in Merrion Square Park, Dublin 2. The framework agreement will be established with a minimum of five economic operators comprising the following disciplines: (a) Architectural Services (incl. design team lead, fire safety design services, disability access design services, employer’s representative for the Works Contract, design certifier and assigned certifier services as defined under the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014. (b) Civil & Structural Engineering Services, (c) Quantity Surveying Services, (d) Building Services Engineering (incl. building energy rating) (e) Landscape Architectural Services, and (f) Project Supervisor for the Design Process. Only those Applicants capable of delivering all of the services listed above (whether in-house or as a grouping/consortium) will be considered. Therefore, applications relation to one or several of these disciplines only are not acceptable and will be rejected. The multi-party framework agreement will be established on foot of an initial contract for the preliminary design, detailed design and planning application (Part 8) for the Tearooms in Merrion Square Park Project. Integrated design teams will be shortlisted on the basis of highest marks awarded and will be placed on a panel on the Framework Agreement. They may subsequently be invited to tender in mini-competitions for individual draw downs of the framework agreement as they arise. This contract has been awarded to Bucholz McEvoy Architects on the 29th July 2015. Seven tenders were received.