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Community Buildings Design Services, Budapest
A dynamic purchasing system for architectural and engineering design services for community buildings across Budapest’s XIII District municipal estate, in Hungary.
The “Design of Community-Use Buildings (Dynamic Purchasing System)” established by the Municipality of Budapest’s XIII District sets up a long-term procurement framework for architectural and engineering services across a diverse public estate. Structured as a dynamic purchasing system, the initiative enables the authority to commission multiple projects over time, ranging from educational and childcare facilities to social, welfare, administrative, and leisure buildings. Rather than focusing on a single site, the framework operates across the entire district, supporting a rolling programme of interventions including new-build construction, extensions, and the refurbishment and modernisation of existing public assets.
Within this system, appointed design teams are engaged through project-specific tenders to deliver the full scope of professional services, from concept design and planning submissions to detailed design, permitting, and construction-stage support. Early call-off projects illustrate the breadth of the programme, including nursery refurbishments and the extension of a municipal swimming facility, each requiring coordinated multidisciplinary input across architecture, structure, and building services. By combining flexibility with continuity, the framework aims to streamline procurement while maintaining design quality across a portfolio of civic projects that collectively contribute to the long-term development of the district’s public infrastructure.
Location
Sector
Civic Community, Infrastructure, Retrofit Refurbishment
Intervention
New builds, extensios and renovations
Website
Tender Portal
Tender Stage
Two stage tender
Deadline
7 May 2026
Project Value/Scale
£50 million+
Consultant Team
Lead architect
Additional discipline-specific deliverables (as required per project):
Structural engineering design (T)
Building services engineering – mechanical (G)
Electrical engineering (V)
Fire engineering
Acoustic design
Specialist systems (e.g. swimming pool technology in Tanuszoda project)
Highways / external works / utilities coordination
Health & safety / CDM-equivalent input
Additional discipline-specific deliverables (as required per project):
Structural engineering design (T)
Building services engineering – mechanical (G)
Electrical engineering (V)
Fire engineering
Acoustic design
Specialist systems (e.g. swimming pool technology in Tanuszoda project)
Highways / external works / utilities coordination
Health & safety / CDM-equivalent input
Submission Criteria
Qualification Deliverables:
– Completed Participation Forms via EKR (e-procurement system)
– Declaration of absence of exclusion grounds (statutory compliance statement)
– Declaration under Kbt. 67(4) (self-certification of eligibility)
– Company registration documents (including any change registration, if applicable)
– Authorised signatory documentation (proof of signing authority)
– Statement of professional capability
– CV(s) of key personnel
– Declaration of proposed specialists
– Evidence of professional registration / chartership (notably “É” – Architect / Lead Designer equivalent)
– Consortium / joint venture agrément (if applicable)
– Formal declarations and statements required by procurement law
– Electronic submission via EKR platform only
2nd Stage Deliverables:
Concept Design (RIBA Stage 2 equivalent):
– Concept design proposals (minimum two design options)
– Outline architectural design
– Initial spatial layouts and massing studies
– Preliminary engineering input (structure, MEP)
Planning / Statutory Stage (RIBA Stage 2–3 equivalent):
– Planning / townscape review documentation
– Design review submission material (if required by authority)
– Supporting planning statements and drawings
Surveys and investigations:
– Preliminary site investigations
– Measured surveys / condition surveys (for refurbishments)
– Specialist surveys as required (e.g. utilities, geotechnical, etc.)
Developed Design / Permitting documentation:
– Planning / building permit design package
– Coordination of all disciplines
– Authority approvals coordination
Detailed design (technical design package) – including:
– Architectural drawings
– Structural design
– Mechanical and electrical design
– Specialist systems design
– Bill of Quantities (BoQ) – priced and unpriced versions
– Cost estimates / cost plans
– Supporting procurement documentation
Designer’s site supervision:
– Architect / designer site inspections
– Clarifications during construction
– Review of contractor proposals / shop drawings