Architectural Design Consultancy Services for Newbuild Housing at Land nearTan y Foel, Llaner

Tender description

The Council wishes to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced architect to design affordable housing (exact number to be agreed with the Client) in order to maximise the use of the site and associated access and landscaping.The focus of the design will be low carbon, affordable housing and the proposed design will need to conform to the standards set out in the Development Quality Requirements (DQR) Wales. It is intended that a social housing grant application be made to Welsh Government, so the design process will have to follow WG’s latest grant application procedure of concept and pre-planning approval stages. The client wishes for the new dwellings to utilise a MMC and achieve high energy efficiency standards.The successful Consultant is to take the design to stage 3 of the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 and achieve full planning consent. Subsequent design work will be undertaken by the successful contractor on a design & build contract basis.Tender documents may be accessed via the 'documents' tab on sell2walesQuestions and requests for clarification must be done via the sell2wales Q&A function.Tenders must be submitted via the sell2wales postbox facility by 12:00pm on the 28/03/2022.Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=119493.The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (WA Ref:119493)