Construction work

Tender description

The Council is the freehold owner of adjoining sites; one known as the former Winterbourne Hotel and the Beacon Road Public Car Park (together "the Site"). The Council wished to promote the development of the Site to construct a hotel with a minimum of 180 bedrooms of which a minimum of 120 must be 4-star quality rooms (with additional rooms being 3-star quality) ("the Hotel Training School"). The local planning authority has granted planning permission on these sites for a 200-bedroom training hotel with Planning Reference: 7-2015-4917-N. The Council proposed to fund the design and construction of the Hotel Training School. Under this arrangement, the Tenderer was required to enter into a Development Agreement (DA) to manage the design and construction process, including appointment of the design team and the works contractor. It should be noted that the DA was conditional upon the grant of planning permission; securing 10-years rental insurance; and securing a fixed price build contract that will allow the Hotel Training School to be delivered within agreed cost/value limits. It was anticipated that the construction of the hotel would be completed in 2021. The Tenderer was required to enter into a Hotel Management Agreement (HMA) with a leading internationally recognised hotel operator / brand (directly or through a hotel management company).