Rolfe Street Masterplan - AWARD

Rolfe Street Masterplan

Sandwell Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Multi-Disciplinary Consultancy to prepare a Masterplan, Heritage Assessment and Transport Assessment for the provision of a new residential development in the Rolfe Street area of Smethwick to accelerate the delivery of transformational regeneration within this and the wider Smethwick to Birmingham corridor. The commission is aided by funding by the Black Country LEP.

The site forms a parcel within the Smethwick to Birmingham Corridor Framework, a document produced in partnership with Birmingham City Council, Homes England, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, West Midlands Combined Authority and the Canal & River Trust, has been approved in February 2022. It sets out the vision for growth and delivery within the regeneration corridor centred around the following vision:

The corridor will be a place that people want to live in now and into the future, a place that is aspirational, where people feel proud to live, work, visit and be educated, that is well connected and provides sustainable transport choices, where access to the areas heritage and natural beauty is aximised and a place that forms and bolsters new and existing communities.

And with these guiding principles:

• oMaking a healthy centre
• oA new hospital as an anchor institution
• oA green corridor
• oAn active travel exemplar
• oGreen new neighbourhoods
• oHealthy sense of place

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the ITT and other related documents.

In Order To View and Submit a Tender, you will be required to` Opt-In`.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Closing date: Friday 15 July 2022 at 15:00hrs