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Colchester City Council

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
East of England
Delivery: East of England, United Kingdom
Contract value
£364,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
18 May 2025
Published
10 February 2025

Procurement

Contract period
2 June 2025 - 30 June 2026
1 years
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 71200000 Architectural and related services
  • 45212350 Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest
  • 71220000 Architectural design services

What happened

Colchester City Council awarded this contract to Purcell Architecture Ltd worth £364,000 on 19 May 2025. The contract runs until 30 Jun 2026.

Description

Colchester City Council (the Council) wishes to commission an experienced professionally qualified RIBA Architectural practice to be part of this upcoming iconic project and to provide Architectural Services and all other relevant disciplines up to and including a Full Planning Application Submission. Due to the nature of the project, the practice will also require conservation accreditation with the named lead architect able to demonstrate at least 5 years of relevant experience of listed buildings.

The commission is for full service from RIBA stage 1 to RIBA Stage 6/7 and detailed design but will include a break clause at RIBA Stage 3 for submission to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, May 2026.

Completion to detailed design will be contingent on the acquisition of round two funding and the exact timescales for the necessary contract extension will be confirmed with the successful contractor.

Further details of the requirements can be found in the accompanying documents

Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Purcell Architecture Ltd
Award value
£364,000
Award date
19 May 2025

Contact

Address
Rowan House, 33 Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3WG
Contact name
Matt Howe

Identifiers

Buyer reference
BIP949318462
Notice ID
ca472ebc-4a2b-4eff-a505-3338e829c87d-846122
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-dbb1053b-c904-4c6e-a7bb-0459aa70f971

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