Guildhall Yard East - Architect

Architect services for Guildhall Yard East project

General Matters – Cost Consultant Appointment

• Act as the Cost Consultant for the project during RIBA Stage 2-7
• Develop the Cost Plan during the RIBA Stages 2-7 for a refurbishment to the whole building.
• It is anticipated that the Works will be procured on a Single Stage Design & Build, on RIBA Stage 4 Design Information.
• Advise on any fees for any additional deliverables/ requirements not included in your proposal.
• Your fee proposal will be evaluated with a 40% Commercial weighting, 45% Technical weighting and 15% Responsible Procurement.
• Please provide a resource schedule as part of your return.Provision of Resource Schedules and CVs with proposal.
• Provision of Hourly Rates.

The project programme is 131 weeks starting from April 2023 and ending in October 2026.

N.B. Please include a fee provision for continued support relating to the duration of the 12-month defects period.

The estimated construction value is 17.5 million.

The City will employ an Architect, Cost Consultant and Structural Engineer directly to aid the progression to RIBA stage 4.

N.B. - BSRIA Blue Book Regulations and Standards must be incorporated in the design process.

N.B. - A copy of the City’s standard contract (D1) has been included. The contract has a hyperlink which will direct suppliers to the City’s standard terms and conditions. Please have a look at these as any clarifications need to be made before submission of a bid.

Please include in your submission, initial advice on what extra specialist support this project might need. Please indicate if you have access to such services and if you have used them before.

Please note the City’s internal Gateway process appendix A; At each stage in the project where an issue or design proposal must be approved by Committee, instruction to progress the project will not be possible until Committee approval is granted. This means that there could be a pause of up to four to eight weeks before a further instruction to progress the project can be issued. This should be considered into the fee proposal, programme and claims for further fees will not be entertained for any down time/ pause on progress or instruction relating to the Gateway governance process.

Appendix 1 – Tender Questions & Format

Appendix 2 – Programme.

The City is committed to all of its operational assets being net zero carbon emissions from its own operations by 2027 as such the proposals should be highly energy efficient with all remaining energy from on site or off-site renewable sources.