Consultancy Services

Tender description

The framework will cover the geographical area of Scotland. The full list of lots available under this framework is: Lot 1a Architectural Services (Building) Lot 1b Architectural Services (Landscaping) Lot 1c Project Management & Administration Services Lot 1d Construction Contract Administration Lot 1e Employers Agents Lot 1f Planning Services Lot 1g Master Planning Lot 1h Principal Designer Lot 1i Civil and Structural Engineering Services Lot 1j Clerk of Works Lot 1k Building Surveyor Lot 1l Quantity Surveyor services Lot 1m Stock Appraisals Lot 1n Stock Condition Surveys Lot 1o Multi-Disciplinary Lot 2a Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Lot 2b Building Services Engineer (HVAC) Lot 3a EPC Assessments Lot 3b Retrofit Consultancy (2033 and 2038) Lot 3c Digital Coordinator Lot 4c Health & Safety Advisor/Consultant This framework agreement will commence on the 11th May 2023 and will last for 48 months. Lot 1: Architectural Services (Buildings) The scope of this lot includes: All RIBA work stages as defined in the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 in relation to buildings. Architects may also be required to offer additional services such as project management. Lot 2: Architectural Services (Landscaping) The scope of this lot includes: All RIBA work stages as defined in the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 in relation to landscaping. Architects may also be required to offer additional services such as project management. Lot 3: Construction Project Management & Administration The scope of this lot includes: To involve all RIBA stages to deliver the clients desired objectives. Lot 4: Construction Contract Administration The scope of this lot includes: To focus on administration of the contract between the employer (client) and the contractor. Duties may also involve issuing instructions, managing variations, and certification management. Lot 5: Employers’ Agent (EA) The scope of this lot includes: Co-ordinating the appointment of contractors, drawing up of contract documentation, administration of contracts on a day-to-day basis, co-ordinate assessments for clients and contractor support to ensure site quality checks are maintained to the call-off contract requirements, over viewing quality control and accepting handover of the completed building project on the client’s behalf. Lot 6: Planning Services The scope of this lot includes: To offer advice and support on all matters relating to planning, development and associated environmental issues for both building and renovation projects and may include renovations, change of use, listed buildings, feasibility studies etc. Lot 7: Master Planning The scope of this lot includes: To offer LHC client’s advice and support on all matters relating to planning, development and associated environmental issues for site development, utilities, and infrastructure appraisals, the scope of which may cover, marine, urban planning, transport, roads, community facilities. Lot 8: Principal Designer The scope of this lot includes: To undertake the duties of the CDM Regulations 2015 as Principal Designer in line with Regulations 11 & 12 for notifiable and non-notifiable work, including as a Clients Advisor. Scope includes plan, manage, monitor and coordinate, the pre-construction phase, assist the Client in identifying, obtaining and collating pre-construction information, site visits and ensuring the principal contractor, and others fulfil their duties. Lot 9: Civil & Structural Engineering The scope of this lot includes: Requirements are needed for structural design, party walls, civil engineering, site inspections, highways. Lot 10: Clerk of Works The scope of this lot includes: To make regular visits to client’s sites to ensure that construction work is carried out properly to the client’s standards, specification and schedule and that health and safety rules are being followed. Lot 11: Building Surveyor The scope of this lot includes: To provide a building surveying service to various public sector bodies to include, but not limited to, advice on design, construction, maintenance, repair, alteration, budgets, environmental and safety, legal issues and reporting any findings to the client. Lot 12: Quantity Surveyors / Cost Consultant The scope of this lot includes: To provide Quantity Surveyor services during all construction stages. The scope may also include ensuring that the agreed additional variations are managed, value engineering, accurate management of applications for payment and assessment of capital costs, life cycle costs and maintenance cost as requested. Lot 13: Stock Appraisals (Valuations) The scope of this lot includes: Appraisals to be provided on a variety of public sector client assets which may include buildings and land. Lot 14: Stock Condition Surveys The scope of this lot includes: To provide LHC clients with an up-to-date condition survey for their property portfolio. Other scope requirements may include utilisation, condition, upgrading etc. Lot 15: Multi-Disciplinary The scope of this lot includes: To provide a comprehensive service to encompass, architecture, surveying, engineering, cost management, project management and refurbishment works as a complete package covering all RIBA stages. Lot 16: Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing The scope of this lot includes: To cover the full range of advice and design services that may be required by a client within a construction service, the cope of which is expected to cover areas such as design, surveys, works planning, supply and distribution and building control systems. Lot 17: Building Services Engineer (HVAC) The scope of this lot includes: To cover the full range of HVAC advice and design services that may be required by a client in a construction service, the scope of which may cover design, commissioning, surveys etc. Lot 18: EPC Assessments The scope of this lot is primarily focused on the provision of providing energy performance certificates (EPC), display energy certificates (DEC) and advice for LHC Clients domestic and non-domestic buildings. Lot 19: Retrofit Consultancy (2035 and 2038) The scope of this lot includes: To oversee both domestic and non-domestic energy efficiency retrofit works. Lot 20: Digital Coordinator The scope of this lot includes: To support the activities of implementation of digital delivery into the construction process which should include BIM and Golden Thread compliance through to supporting the use of Digital Construction technologies that underpins the construction site team delivery, including management of any, clash detection processes. Lot 23: Health & Safety Advisor/Consultant The scope of this lot includes: To ensure that LHC Client’s duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act are reasonably and practicably complied with. This will include during construction works, to provide assistance at tender and during all work stages, (including post completion, commissioning and handover), supervision of the appointed principal contractor to ensure compliance with the Health and Safety At Work Act and CDM Regulations 2015, advising the Client of H&S requirements, and inspection of sites and works to ensure compliance.