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British Museum Construction Framework
The British Museum is seeking to create a Framework for the provision of Professional Services Consultancy to its Estates and Capital Projects Department.
The Framework will have seven lots covering the following disciplines:
1. Project Management
2. Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management
3. MEPhF Engineering
4. Architecture and Interior Design
5. Structural and Civil Engineering
6. Fire Safety Engineer
7. Surveying
The types of projects and related planning and design activity likely to be delivered under the Framework are broad and could be classified under one of the following categories, covering both front-of-house and back-of-house spaces:
1. Strategic / technical studies or reviews.
2. Light touch refreshments / renewals (painting, minor carpentry, etc., but no significant fabric interventions).
3. Complex, stand-alone M&E / lift / security / fire systems renewal or refurbishment.
4. Refurbishment / renewal / creation of spaces (sometimes in conjunction with refurbishment of wings).
5. Masterplan projects including new buildings and / or significant reconfiguration of existing wings / spaces.
The Framework objectives are as follows:
1. Safeguard value for money in the appointment of consultancy services for (construction) projects.
2. Ensure projects are delivered in alignment with budgets via securing the appropriate skills and expertise.
3. Guarantee the services delivered by the supply chain via the Framework are in alignment with the British Museum’s specialist context.
4. Ensure services delivered via the Framework are of high quality and aligned with clearly defined duties.
5. Provide programme assurance in project delivery via the appointment of those with the appropriate skills and expertise.
Location
Sector
Civic, Arts & Leisure
Website
Tender Portal
Tender Stage
Selection Qualification
Deadline
24 March 2025
Project Value/Scale
£46.1m across the framework / £11.5m for Architecture Lot
Consultant Team
Individual disciplines according to each Lot
Submission Criteria
Eight candidates will be shortlisted for Lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, while ten will be shortlisted for the Architectural Lot (Lot 4).
Pass / Fail:
Supplier information
Exclusion declarations
Economic and financial capacity (Minimum turnover of £862,500 in the most recent statutory financial reporting period)
Technical and professional ability (three contracts, to meet the technical and professional ability criteria set out in the procurement documents from the past three years).
£5m PII.
Health and Safety Statement
Quality Questions:
Three case studies from the last five years which demonstrate your Company’s relevant experience and capabilities across a project’s lifecycle, in line with the RIBA Plan of Work work-stages.
Describe the skills, knowledge and competencies available within your Company and explain how they are suitable to deliver the British Museum’s Requirements.
Brief description of your company and a clear explanation of why it is suited to deliver the services required by the British Museum under this particular Lot (core and non-core). This shall include a percentage breakdown of your Company’s primary business activities and in particular the main services related to the provision of similar requirements to those required by the Scope.