Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-08
Buyer: The University of Manchester
Country: UK
Region: Greater Manchester
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71200000 | 71220000 | 71240000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 450000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Manchester Museum — The Courtyard Project — Architecture Lead Multi-Disciplinary Consultant Team — Consultant Services.
The University of Manchester wishes to appoint a company/companies to deliver Architecture Lead Multi-Disciplinary Consultancy services for the Manchester Museum Courtyard Project
The Courtyard project seeks to transform Manchester Museum's reach to increased and diversified audiences, and make a pivotal contribution to Manchester city-region's economic, social and cultural renaissance at the heart of the emerging Northern Powerhouse.
— The Treasury (Department for Culture, Media & Sport) — GBP 5 000 000 secured from Treasury towards the South Asian Gallery
— Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) — GBP 4 600 000 to be secured, a Stage 1 HLF application has been made.
— Manchester Museum / fundraising — the remainder from Museum endowments, internal contributions and fundraising activities
Whilst this procurement process is focussed on evaluating submissions through to project completion (the end of the RIBA Stage 7), progression of the project is dependent on securing HLF funding and this procurement process will proceed up until the point of recommendation, with the final appointment only being made once the HLF funding is secured.
Additionally assuming HLF funding is secured for the Stage 2 Bid then progression beyond the end of RIBA Stage 3 is dependent on a successful ‘HLF Stage 2 Bid process’ and securing the associated project funding for the ‘Delivery Phase’ (RIBA Stages 4-7). The University therefore reserves the right not to continue the appointment past the end of RIBA Stage 3 — Developed Design.
The figures given are an estimate only of the total value of the project and should not be taken as a guarantee of income.
Please note: The indicative figure provided below is for the entire services listed in the Tender Documentation, this includes all core consultant services and other required consultancy services.
If it is considered appropriate by the University, an indemnity, guarantee, bond or other form of appropriate security may be required for contracts awarded under this arrangement.
The University's particular requirements will be set out in the tender documentation but it should be noted that the University reserves the right to require groupings of economic operators to take a particular legal form or to require a single operator to take primary liability for a contract to be performed by a group of economic operators or to require each party to undertake joint and several liability in respect of the entire contract irrespective of the form the grouping takes.
In accordance with Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended and as set out in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
The University intends to invite between 5-8 candidates to participate in the ITT on the basis of the ranking of candidates at PQQ stage at which the criteria referred to in Regulation 65 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, as amended will be assessed and marked.

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In accordance with Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended and as set out in the Invitation to Tender (ITT). Information as detailed in the ITT.
In accordance with Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended and as set out in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
Information as detailed in the ITT.
Information as detailed in the ITT. Information as detailed in the ITT.