Consultancy Services for Dursey Island Cable Car and Visitor Centre Development

Tender description

Cork County Council, working in partnership with Fáilte Ireland, requires the services of a Single Service Provider leading a multidisciplinary team: • Lead Consultant with experience of major Civil and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Works including Cableways • Architect with experience of working on iconic civic projects and on bespoke projects in challenging marine & environmentally sensitive areas. • Landscape Architect with experience of working in marine & environmentally sensitive areas. • Quantity Surveyor with experience of working on iconic civic projects and on bespoke projects. • Consultant with experience of design of Cultural Heritage/Interpretive Visitor Centres including audiovisual elements • Consultant with experience of planning, development and management of tourist destinations including associated websites. The team shall comprise of a Lead Consultant, who will execute the Contract with Cork County Council, with specialist skills provided either in-house or by a number of Sub-consultants with collateral warranties for Sub-consultants. The Lead Consultant is required for the preparation of all Investigations, Reports, Statutory Permit Applications, Contract Documents and other Engineering/Architectural Services etc. outlined in the following sections of this Brief necessary for the delivery of the Dursey Island Cable Car & Visitor Centre Development. The appointment includes duties of a Consultant, Client’s Representative, Employer’s Representative as appropriate to the Project Stage. The existing cableway, constructed in 1969, is to be decommissioned and replaced with a 2 car cableway to meet current National and European Standard and Regulations. An associated Visitor Center is to be constructed on the mainland (Beara Peninsula) with a smaller building on Dursey Island with necessary upgrades to car parking, water supply and wastewater treatment included in the proposed construction contract.