Architectural and related services

Tender description

The University for the Creative Arts is proposing to create a new Business School for the Creative Industries at its Epsom Campus (Surrey, UK), and requires full design team capabilities for the design (up to RIBA Outline Plan Stage of Work — Stage 7), excluding project management and quantity surveying services. The project is expected to comprise a new-build element together with reconfiguration and linking to existing estate, for which the University has identified a construction budget of 15 311 000 GBP (excluding fees, FF&E, contingency and VAT). The design will include the provision of teaching and learning space, social and administration space. Further information about the project and the procurement of design services is provided in the Memorandum of Information document available via [1.3] above. The University for the Creative Arts is proposing to create a new Business School for the Creative Industries at its Epsom Campus (Surrey, UK), and requires full design team capabilities for the design (up to RIBA Outline Plan Stage of Work - Stage 7), excluding project management and quantity surveying services. The project is expected to comprise a new-build element together with reconfiguration and linking to existing estate, for which the University has identified a construction budget of 15 311 000 GBP (excluding fees, FF&E, contingency and VAT). The design will include the provision of teaching and learning space, social and administration space. Further information about the project and the procurement of design services is provided in the Memorandum of Information document available via [1.3] above. A Selection Questionnaire will be issued and this stage will be used to select a shortlist of architect-led, multi-disciplinary design teams for the ITPN (Invitation to Participate in Negotiation) phase. As part of the ITPN, short-listed suppliers will be required to participate in design approach workshops, leading to the submission of design scheme proposals at the Invitation to Submit Final Tenders (ITSFT) phase. UCA has agreed to provide an honorarium to the short-listed suppliers. It is anticipated that an appointment will be made in March 2019.