Property Department - Professional Services - Integrated Design Team Framework

Tender description

Please note the PQQ Submission Return Date of 1500 hours on Wednesday 24 August 2011. The contracting authority, hereinafter referred to as the Client is seeking to engage a maximum of 5 economic operators within a Framework Contract to provide Integrated design teams which will provide the required design services in connection with Schemes up to a maximum of £3,000.000 in construction value and / or £300,000 in fee value. The successful Economic Operators will then be required to tender for consultancy services in projects via mini-competitions as per the Framework Conditions or time based work packages called-off subject to Framework Conditions. The Framework Contract is to be for a two year duration, extendable to a Maximum of four years duration subject to the satisfactory performance of the successful Teams. In circumstances where work below a value of £5,000.00 is required, the contracting authority may choose to engage a Economic Operator on time based fees . In such cases fees to be agreed in the Framework Contract. The selection will either be on the basis of the Economic Operator with the lowest relevant rate or if a specialist skill is required and only one operator can provide this. The Contracting Authority anticipates the total value of fees within this Framework Contract to be circa £ 1.5 Million.