Construction consultancy services

Tender description

Project management services for the Manchester Museum Courtyard Project. The University of Manchester wishes to appoint a company to deliver Project Management Services for the Manchester Museum — The Courtyard Project The Courtyard project seeks to transform Manchester Museum's reach to increased and diversified audiences,and make a pivotal contribution to Manchester city-region's economic, social and cultural renaissance at the heart of the emerging Northern Powerhouse. Combining exceptional architectural new build and extensive reconfiguration of existing spaces, the development will: — Create the North of England's leading venue for temporary exhibitions on human cultures and the natura lworld; one which is free of charge for all. — Develop the region's only large-scale gallery of South Asian history and culture; the largest British Museum Partnership Gallery in the UK. — Attract and welcome visitors with a new, street-facing entrance and greatly improved facilities. — Deliver a step-change in public engagement, volunteering, learning programmes and civic participation,driven by a new ethos of Manchester Museum as a ‘museum for life’. The project is to be funded via 3 streams: — The Treasury (Department for Culture, Media & Sport) — 5 000 000 GBP secured from Treasury towards the South Asian Gallery — Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) — 4 600 000 GBP to be secured, a Stage 1 HLF application has been made. — Manchester Museum / fundraising — the remainder from Museum endowments, internal contributions and fundraising activities. The contract is estimated to start — 3.7.2016. The contract is estimated to finish — 31.12.2020.