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Mampitts Community Hub
Shaftesbury Town Council is inviting tenders from architectural practices to take the consented scheme for a community hub forward to detailed design and construction.
The Mampitts Community Hub (the Hub) will serve as a key facility for the local community, offering indoor and outdoor spaces to enhance social interaction, recreation, and inclusivity. This Invitation to Tender invites architectural practices to provide detailed design and construction-stage support. The scope includes RIBA Stages 4, 5 and 6.
STC has already procured, and owns a license for, a design concept that has been worked up by a previous architect to RIBA Stage 3. This design was used to gain planning and funding approval from Dorset Council (DC) for STC to deliver the Hub. STC owns the license for this design, and it is made freely available, in detail, for all tenderers to provide architectural services for its delivery. This is referred to as the Approved Design
Tenderers must submit a ‘Base Case’ tender to provide architectural services to deliver that Approved Design.
However, STC is also keen to receive alternative proposals that either optimise the approved design or constitute a new design, in order to fulfil STC’s objectives for the Hub, and/or provide cost savings. However, the submission of an Alternative Design will only be considered after the tenderer has satisfied the requirements for the current scheme detailed below.
Location
Sector
Community, Recreation
Website
Deadline
31 January 2025
Consultant Team
Architect
Submission Criteria
Architects are required to submit the following documentation. Mandatory requirements of the ITT, upon which STC will screen our non-compliant tenders, have been highlighted below as go/no-go criteria.
i. Commercial proposal:
a. Provide a comprehensive breakdown of costs for each RIBA stage, including a table of inclusions and exclusions for each stage.
b. Submit a rate card for any variation work that is excluded from the lump sums.
c. Provide a total cost estimate for the delivery of the Approved Design, and if submitting one, the Alternative Proposal. This is the delivered cost, inclusive of estimates for construction and other services required to complete the project.
ii. Experience and Portfolio:
a. Submit evidence of experience in delivering similar projects, such as a portfolio or case studies. Include details on the success or otherwise of the relevant projects.
b. Go/No-Go Criteria: Verification that the firm’s past projects demonstrate the capability to handle the current project’s scope and complexity. That the architects proposed are chartered members of the RIBA.
iii. Key Personnel:
a. Include CVs of key personnel who will be assigned to the project.
b. Go/No-Go Criteria: That the assigned team has the necessary expertise and experience.
iv. Professional Indemnity Insurance:
a. Confirm coverage of professional indemnity insurance.
b. Go/No-Go Criteria: That the insurance coverage meets the project’s requirements and mitigates potential risks.
v. Local Architectural Characteristics:
a. Provide a summary of the architectural characteristics of Shaftesbury, including East Shaftesbury, that will be reflected in the architect’s work.
vi. Utilities and Subsurface Concerns:
a. Identify any concerns regarding utilities and subsurface issues.
vii. Design Concept Challenges:
a. Outline any challenges you foresee with developing and delivering the Approved Design.
b. Go/No-Go Criteria: That the tenderer has engaged critically with the Approved Design; anticipating and addressing any design challenges.
Evaluation Criteria:
Relevant experience and qualifications (25%)
Quality of approach and methodology (25%)
Fee proposal (30%)
Evidence of effective project delivery (20%)
If Tenderers choose to submit an Alternative Design, they should clearly articulate the benefits of it from a cost and delivery benefit perspective, as well as highlighting any improvements in form and function of the delivered Hub.