Veterinary Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (Vet-VMIC) - Lot 1 Project Manager (PM) Lot 2 Cost Manager (CM) Lot 3 Multi-Disciplinary Design Team (MDDT)

The Veterinary Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre for Livestock and Zoonotic Diseases (abbreviated to 'Vet-VMIC') is a proposed new facility at The Pirbright Institute in Surrey, UK.

The Vet-VMIC core objectives will be to stimulate the development of new vaccines for animal health and public health, both in the UK and globally. The Vet-VMIC will build on and develop expertise in veterinary virology, bacteriology, parasitology, immunology, and vaccine development.

The Vet-VMIC building will predominately be a GLP containment level 2 (SAPO2/ACDP2/GMO2) building with 1x laboratory suite designed to GMP level that will have the capability of working with SAPO3/ACDP3/GMO3 classified pathogens.

The Authority is seeking to establish three contracts, otherwise defined as "Lots", as follows:-

Lot 1 - Project Manager

Lot 2 - Cost Manager

Lot 3 - Multi-Disciplinary Design Team

Tenderers may apply for all lots. However, the Authority will not award more than one contract to the same provider, including any subsidiary or associated companies. Tenderers are therefore required to state which lot they are applying for and, in the case of Tenderers applying for all lots, to state their preference for an award of contract.

The Multidisciplinary Design Team shall provide all the disciplines required for the design of the Vet-VMIC (up to and including RIBA stage 4a) and act as the Client Monitoring Team during the principal Contractor design stage, construction, and handover into operations (RIBA stages 4b - 7). Pirbright Innovations will contract with the designated Lead Consultant.

The services undertaken by the Multi-Disciplinary Design Team are outlined below and include:

• Lead Consultant;
• Information Management;
• Principal Designer;
• Architect (including interior design and space planning);
• BREEAM Consultant;
• Fire Strategy Consultant;
• Landscape Architect;
• Structural Engineer;
• Civil Engineer;
• Clerk of Works (Architectural, Structural & Civil);
• Building Services Engineer;
• Acoustic Consultant;
• Commissioning, Verification and Validation Consultant.

The Multidisciplinary Design Team are to incorporate Bio-containment, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Net carbon-zero and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) expertise across the services to be delivered as appropriate.

The Multidisciplinary Design Team will be responsible for the managing the design process, providing an appropriate design programme for each design stage, actively promoting a 'design to cost' philosophy and ensuring that designs are strictly monitored against the agreed cost plan and the approved cost limit is maintained. They will provide support to the Planning Consultant in securing planning permission (reserve matter planning application).

The Multidisciplinary Design Team will work closely with the Client and their expert advisors, Project Manager, Cost Manager, other consultants, contractors, and all others involved with the project to foster a partnering culture. The culture will embody the principles of mutual trust and co-operation with an overall aim of delivering a successful project on time and to budget.