Property Development, Construction, Highways and Infrastructure Framework

Tender description

To deliver the Growth and Development Programme the Council has identified a number of sites across the Borough with projects planned to be implemented over the short, medium and long term. Delivery of these private and public sector projects will generate many benefits to the Borough, including:- • Additional tax revenues to support the Council's Medium Term Financial Strategy; • Accelerate economic activity to create employment opportunities for residents; • Support growth and vitality in the town centres of Blackburn and Darwen; • Generate financial benefits from strategic land receipts; and • Extend the choice and range of new family housing to attract new residents into the Borough. The framework will be for for all works, goods and services relating to any property, construction and civil engineering works for growth projects and programmes. including: demolition, development, refurbishment or re-modelling of existing properties owned and / or used by the framework users. The Framework is intended to be used for the procurement of goods, works and services in delivering a variety of projects covering building construction, civil engineering, highways infrastructure and commercial developments. The Framework will include all activities necessary to deliver completed developments, buildings and infrastructure, including acquisition or disposal of land for development, development or project finance; obtaining statutory permissions including planning permission; supply chain procurement and management, design services, construction works, marketing and sales. Typical schemes to be procured through the Framework may include education buildings, leisure facilitates, retail schemes, commercial development, elderly accommodation, mixed use schemes and construction of supporting infrastructure, roads, site remediation, demolition and other enabling works necessary to prepare sites ready for future development or disposal.