Engineering design services

Tender description

This framework will be for providing structural and civil engineering design services for new build properties within the City of Derby. There will be a maximum of 3 service providers on the framework. The procurement will have a maximum value of 2 000 000 GBP spent across all service providers. The scope of the structural and civil engineering works required from the framework for each scheme will be to provide: 1) Engineering design and detail of new foundations and ground floors — provision of calculations for loadings and suitable design of foundations for the soil conditions and superstructure type and connections to the substructure. This includes preparing a drainage strategy for the purposes of planning applications working with the drainage authority; 2) Structural engineering design services – including the provision of structural calculations, superstructure stability checks, subcontractor design checks and suitable design recommendations of framework architect superstructure designs including the production of working drawings of the design of load bearing masonry, steel work beams, purlins and bearings and connection details so that they work with the substructure design as detailed above. This also covers an in principle superstructure check at the planning stage; 3) Below ground drainage design and calculations – provision of comprehensive working design drawings based on calculations for sustainable foul and rain/surface water drainage in line with planning conditions/site conditions including potential points of connection, invert levels and pipe sizes flow rates and soakaways; 4) Paths and hard standings and suitable easy to maintain gardens/landscaping – provide appropriate design recommendation, specifications and working drawings to suit ground conditions/planning conditions; 5) Tree root protection measures – provide design and working drawings for tree roots as required by planning on the site; 6) Boundary walls and foundations – provide design and working drawings as required by the site layout and design; 7) Civil engineering design – provide designs and working drawings for the detailed design of the street scene, lighting, adjoining drainage layouts and road layouts where applicable for schemes.