Holyhead LUF - St Cybi's Church (Architectural Services RIBA 04+)

Tender description

Following the success of the Isle of Anglesey County Council (IACC) bid for UK Government ‘Levelling-up’ (LUF) funding, Bangor Diocesan Board of Finance wishes to appoint a fully conservation-accredited architect to develop the existing plans onwards from RIBA Stage 03, integrating feedback from permissions applications, and supervise appointment of contractors and implementation of the plans on site. In brief, the works comprise the following: - Full re-ordering of the church interior to create a flexible space suitable for both worship and other purposes. - Extension and conversion of Eglwys y Bedd (a building adjacent to the church) into food and beverage retail premises. The appointed architect will be expected to continue the work up these plans through RIBA Stage 04 and onwards, including providing technical specifications and schemes of work for the tender process and supervising on-site implementation as per the standard RIBA process. In accordance with the LUF agreement, all LUF-funded works are required to be complete by the end of March 2025. It is currently expected that work will need to occur in parallel for the church and Eglwys y Bedd as separate streams to ensure work can be completed in time to allow for the necessary financial reclaim processes. An outline of the proposed programme is appended to this document. If the proposed timeline needs to deviate from this significantly, details of how the risk of non-completion by the final deadline will be mitigated will need to be included. Due to the tightness of the programme required by UK Government, all tenderers will need to demonstrate that they have sufficient business resilience to meet deadlines even in the case of staff illness or other absence, and tenders from sole traders will only be considered if the proposal makes specific reference to the engagement of additional support staff to ensure this.