Architectural Consultancy Services Framework

Tender description

The intention of this Competition is for the University to establish a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the procurement of Architectural Consultancy Services on projects with a pre-tender estimate construction value less than £8,000,000 (£8m GBP) excluding VAT. It is envisaged that the Architectural Consultancy Services Framework Agreement will be awarded to three (3) Consultants. It is the University’s intention that Architectural Consultancy Services for projects with a pre-tender estimate construction value of £8,000,000 (£8m GBP) or greater will be procured via stand-alone procurements outside this Framework Agreement. The University intends to award Call-off Contracts from this Framework Agreement for projects with a pre-tender estimate construction value less than £3,000,000 (£3m GBP) without reopening competition to the Consultant who achieved the highest overall score at the ITT stage and is considered to provide the most economically advantageous tender. Should the Consultant with the highest ITT score withdraw from this Competition or Framework Agreement; or is unable to provide their services for a Call-off Contract, the University reserves the right to award the Call-off Contract to the second highest placed Consultant at ITT stage. Should the second-highest placed Consultant at ITT stage subsequently withdraw from the Framework Agreement or is unable to provide their services for the Call-off Contract, the University reserves the right to award the Call-off Contract to the third highest placed Consultant at ITT stage. It is anticipated that individual Call-off Contracts under the scope of this Framework Agreement that have a pre-tender estimate construction value between £3,000,000 (£3m GBP) and less than £8,000,000 (£8M GBP) will be the subject of a mini-competition between all the successful Consultants awarded this Framework Agreement.