Pre-Qualification (Expressions of Interest) for the Tender for the Advanced Design of the Southend Seafront Museum

Southend Borough Council is seeking to bring together an experienced and appropriately qualified Architect-led design team with outstanding design and detailing skills to take forward the Seafront Museum Project in Southend-on-Sea. RIBA stages A to D under the RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2007 have been completed. The project received Conditional Planning Permission on 18th July 2012 (Application Number 12/00317/BC3M), and the permission has been enacted through the completion of stabilisation works.

The seafront museum proposal incorporates the following uses (to be confirmed through the contract period):

Construction Phase 1:

Construction Phase 2:

All submitted planning drawings and reports will be made available to the successful team. However, the scheme will need to be modelled and designed in BIM Level 2 which has not been completed as part of the Stage D design.

The build cost is estimated to be in the range £35-40m, inclusive of VAT where applicable.

The initial appointment will be to the end of RIBA Plan of Work Stage 4 (Technical Design) at which stage the Client will undertake a Gateway Review of the project. Should Phase One of the project then be taken forward the design team would be retained through to RIBA Plan of Works 2013 Stage 7.

It is envisaged that the building procurement will use the JCT Standard Building Contract with Quantities although this will be subject to review during the Technical Design Stage.

Additional information: As outlined in the Expression of Interest and Qualification documents which will be available as indicated through our e-tendering system at:

https://procurement.southend.gov.uk/southend/portal.nsf/index.htm

You can register before the tender is published under the relevant category codes but will not be able to see the opportunity until it is

published.