WHSCT - DESIGN TEAM APPOINTMENT FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT STORE SOUTHERN SECTOR

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The WHSCT are seeking to appoint a design team for the proposed creation of a secure, accessible and appropriate records store to be located in the Southern Sector for archived Trust records from a range of Fermanagh facilities/teams/departments. The works involve refurbishing vacant space in the existing Tyrone & Fermanagh Hospital Main Building to facilitate the creation of storage capacity for 75,000 records. This works will also involve the installation of customised shelving to maximize storage capacity. The works must provide a records store for the archived records that will ensure the records can be accessed in a timely and effective manner when required. The preferred location for this development is Ground Floor rear of the existing HR department and HR records store. There are a number of vacant rooms that would be suitable with minor upgrade works to site a combination of mobile and static file storage units. The works required would include necessary upgrade of communal areas and access routes (hallways, WCs, stairwells) as well improvements to the security and fire safety of this entire wing. Whilst the proposed area is vacant the works will be carried out in a live, hospital environment. The works must be designed and phased in such a way as to cause the minimum amount of disruption to the service. The works are to be completed and handed over before the end of the current financial year, 31st March 2015. The WHSCT confirm that the following consultants will be required to form part of the design team; Lead Consultant, Architect, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Quantity Surveyor Structural Engineer and CDM coordinator. Schedules of duties for these consultants will be included in ITT. It is anticipated that the lead consultant (contract administrator) will be the architect. The contract period (for consultant services) is 8 months, August 2014 – March 2015, not including the defects liability period