IA2720 Staffordshire History Centre – Construction Contractor

Staffordshire County Council is looking to create a new History Centre for Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent. The vision is for a rejuvenated service based on the site of the existing Staffordshire Records Office and William Salt Library, in Stafford. The ambition is for an Archives and Heritage service to be fit for the future that will engage in new ways with an expanded audience; to create a welcoming destination for all of those with and interest in local history. For full detail on the project requirements please register an interest and download the full tender documentation.

Please note this is a two-stage open tender process, where the Council is looking to appoint one contractor.

Stage 1 is the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) stage that contains number of Pass/Fail questions and 100% weighting assessing quality. All questions will concentrate on bidders past experience. This stage is open to all bidders to apply.

At the end of the SQ stage 4 bidders will be shortlisted to go through to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) Stage 2. Stage 2 will have 60% weighting against Quality and 40% weighting against Price.

All ITT documents (stage 2) are currently in draft format and have been provided for information only and will be finalised and issued to shortlisted bidders to commence stage 2. Additional information: The tender opportunity will be undertaken through the Authority's e-tendering system 'Proactis'.

Please do not contact the Buyer direct.

Suppliers should register onto the system by completing their company details first (pages 3-8 of the user guide).

Then registering their interest to this specific tender opportunity by searching the title IA2720 Staffordshire History Centre – Construction Contractor (pages 10-11 of the user guide)

Any questions regarding this opportunity should go through the 'message function' when on the project page of Proactis (see page 17 of the user guide)