Urban planning and landscape architectural services

Tender description

Home Group is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced practices for appointment to the landscape architect framework. The successful framework practices will share Home Group’s values and design aspirations: People: our residents and customers, local people, carers and neighbours to development, stakeholders and staff. Strong local identity for existing and new homes. Value: understand the true value of a scheme for attractiveness, human well-being, management and environmental assets, in addition to financial worth. Design creative decision making throughout the process to achieve high design quality, from land appraisal, site planning and amenity spaces to deliver for each individual home. Lot 2 will be for projects in the North-East or Yorkshire where there is a requirement for architectural services.For the purposes of this tender Home Group considers the following local authority areas to fall into the North-East region: Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton and Redcar and Cleveland. For the purposes of this tender Home Group considers the following local authority areas to fall into the Yorkshire lot: East Riding; York; North Yorkshire;Leeds; Bradford; Calderdale; Kirklees; Wakefield. Home Group is seeking to establish a framework of suitably qualified and experienced professionals who can undertake projects comprising: — landscape and visual impact assessments, — landscape led capacity and character studies, — green infrastructure strategies, — public speaking, engagement and consultations, — landscape design, — graphics, modelling and VR experience, — landscape maintenance and management, — site inspections and valuations. The schemes may include social rented, shared ownership, shared equity and outright sale units as well as community and commercial. In addition to the main services, such as landscape design/architecture, site layout feasibility services there may also be a requirement for the following within the scope of the project: — landscape and visual impact assessments [LVIA in accordance with the GVLA Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment], — environmental surveys [i.e. ecological, arboricultural, noise, soils, etc.], — computer generated images [CGI, 3D modelling and photo realistic images]. Practices without in-house capability for the above may utilise a subconsultant to deliver these elements. Lot 4 will be for projects in London, South (East) or South (West) regions where there is a requirement for landscape architectural design services. For the purpose of this tender the London Lot includes the Greater London Authority boroughs. For the purposes of this tender Home Group considers the following local authority areas to fall into the South (East) region: Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough and Northamptonshire. For the purposes of this tender Home Group considers the following local authority areas to fall into the South (West) region: Oxford, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex. Home Group is seeking to establish a framework of suitably qualified and experienced professionals who can undertake projects comprising: — landscape and visual impact assessments, — landscape led capacity and character studies, — green infrastructure strategies, — public speaking, engagement and consultations, — landscape design, — graphics, modelling and VR experience, — landscape maintenance and management, — site inspections and valuations. The schemes may include social rented, shared ownership, shared equity and outright sale units as well as community and commercial. In addition to the main services, such as landscape design/architecture, site layout feasibility services there may also be a requirement for the following within the scope of the project: — landscape and visual impact assessments [LVIA in accordance with the GVLA Guidelines for Landscape andVisual Impact Assessment], — environmental surveys [i.e. ecological, arboricultural, noise, soils, etc.], — computer generated images [CGI, 3D modelling and photo realistic images]. Practices without in-house capability for the above may utilise a subconsultant to deliver these elements.