Architectural Appointment Astley House and Byrom House Manchester
This project involves a high value real estate development and investment for the benefit of the West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities Pension Fund. UK-Wolverhampton: architectural services for buildings
2012/S 69-114692
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
Wolverhampton City Council as administering authority for the West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities Pension Fund
5th Floor, Mander House, Mander Centre
For the attention of: Mike Hardwick
MWV1 3NB Wolverhampton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1902552089
E-mail: mhardwick@bloomberg.net
Fax: +44 1902554655
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.wmpfonline.com/Tenders
Further information can be obtained from: Gleeds Management Services Limited
Cardinal House, 20 Parsonage Gardens
Contact point(s): Gleeds Management Services Limited
For the attention of: Des Mahood
M3 2LY Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1619073880
E-mail: des.mahood@gleeds.co.uk
Fax: +44 1619073881
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: As in above mentioned contacts
Cardinal House, 20 Parsonage Gardens
Contact point(s): Gleeds Management Services Limited
For the attention of: Des Mahood
M3 2LY Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1619073880
E-mail: des.mahood@gleeds.co.uk
Fax: +44 1619073881
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Wolverhampton City Council as administrating authority for the West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities Pension Fund
5th Floor, Mander House, Mander Centre
For the attention of: Mike Hardwick
WV1 3NB Wolverhampton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1902552089
E-mail: mhardwick@bloomberg.net
Fax: +44 1902554655
Section II: Object of the contract
Service category No 12: Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Quay Street, Manchester.
NUTS code UKD3
The Fund’s requirement is for an architect with the experience, flair, expertise and resources to develop the Strategic brief to a completed design which meets the Fund’s institutional requirements, which attracts and secures the interest of the highest quality of tenant, securing detailed planning and conservation area consent and to tender the building works under a traditional, design led basis with a significant degree of specialist contractor design, on time, within budget and in accordance with European Public Procurement Rules.
It is currently envisaged that the design team will be retained to assist the Contract Administrator in managing brief compliance and quality control. The architect will act as lead designer and coordinator and in this position will assume a high degree of executive responsibility for shaping and directing this ambitious and prestigious project at every stage beyond the agreed strategic brief. This will include: testing the briefing model; developing the outline design and related options; development of floor plate options to support letting strategies; developing scheme design and information to support the submission of a full planning application, including liaising on the appointed planning consultant and heritage architectural consultant on detailed planning deliverables and English Heritage submissions; assisting the project manager to control and coordinate stage design deliverables and advising on a design and procurement strategy; assisting where applicable in the evaluation of other design consultant submissions; developing designs to support tender documents and assisting in the contractor procurement process; monitoring the developing post contract design and specification and assisting in on site compliance activities through to project handover.
This project is an investment for the Fund and it is envisaged that the property will be placed into a trust in the near future. Therefore, please note that the architectural services contract to which this procurement process relates will need to be novated from the Fund to the trust once it is established – full details will be provided in the invitation to Tender.
71221000
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000,00 and 2 000 000,00 GBP
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please see PQQ – available from Gleeds Management Services Limited Contact des.mahood@gleeds.co.uk.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please see PQQ.
Please see PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please see PQQ.
Section IV: Procedure
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Please see PQQ.
Payable documents: no
Section VI: Complementary information
Please see PQQ – please contact Gleeds Management Services Limited. Contact des.mahood@gleeds.co.uk.
UK Courts
UNITED KINGDOM
Tenderers should be aware that any such action should generally be brought within 30 days of the alleged breach and ideally as promptly as possible.
Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the contracting authority to amend documents and may award damages. Damages may also be available after the contract has been entered into but at this point (i.e. after the has been contract is entered into) the grounds for setting aside the contract are more limited.
Once the contract is entered into any challenge as to the validity of the contract can only be made on certain specified grounds for a declaration of “ineffectiveness” – such challenges (i.e. those based on the limited grounds for ineffectiveness) must be brought within 6 months of the conclusion of the contract although tenderers should note that if the contracting authority informs them of the conclusion of the contract and provides a summary of the relevant reasons then that time period (i.e. 6 months from the conclusion of the contract) may be reduced to 30 days. It is incumbent on tenderers to seek specific legal advice in relation to any proposed or actual challenge to the process and the applicable limitation periods.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:5.4.2012