Construction work

Tender description

The Council are looking to procure a management contractor for the refurbishment of Manchester Town Hall and Albert Square to provide modern office, civic, commercial, visitor and events accommodation. The Town Hall is a Grade 1 Listed building, opened in 1877. The successfully appointed Management Contractor will be responsible for awarding and managing the works by letting a series of Work Packages. The Council will not be responsible for the appointment of any of the Works Packages. The Management Contractor will act as principal contractor and have responsibility for planning and cost control; advising on the packaging of works and managing the delivery of the programme including procuring and entering into the Work Package contracts, management of the supply chain and delivery of all Works Packages; managing the co-ordination of the design team and integration between the project team, the Council and Works Contractors. The Council are carrying out this procurement for a Management Contractor under Regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). The appointed Management Contractor shall be responsible for managing the project and procuring the various downstream Work Packages (may be 80 plus in number, ranging from 10 000 GBP — 40 000 000 GBP, but predominantly in the order of 100 000 GBP — 10 000 000 GBP) over a 4-year programme, depending on the work packaging strategy which the Management Contractor chooses to adopt. The overall cost of the works is estimated to be in the region of 150 000 000 GBP — 190 000 000 GBP. Further information about the proposed Works Packages is set out in the supporting document. The form of contract will be the JCT Management Building Contract 2016 (as amended by the Council).