Heritage advice and archaeological support - Southsea

Portsmouth City Council is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers to tender for this project.

The services to be provided under the term contract could include, but may not be limited to:

• oProvide expert heritage and archaeological advice to the Employer during the next stages of design, in which the current conceptual design will be further developed to a sufficient level of detail to obtain planning permission, and subsequently to full detailed design. The Consultant shall support the Employer in satisfying the requirements of this Scope and address the issues and concerns raised by key heritage stakeholders including Portsmouth City Council's Conservation Officer, Hampshire County Council's Historic Environment Team, and Historic England.
• oProvide support to the Employer and draft applications for heritage related licences and consents.
• oProduce written schemes of investigation (WSIs) for all required stages of site investigations and construction works.
• oProvide an archaeological watching brief for site investigations and construction works.
• oProduce a Heritage Statement for the planning permission application.
• oProduce an Archaeological Mitigation Strategy for the planning permission application.
• oUndertake environmental sampling, laboratory testing and analysis of samples where required.
• oProvide advice and support to the Employer in cases where discovery of material is made on site.
• oPreparation of deposit models, where required.
• oReporting.

Although this contract is being let for use on the Southsea Coastal Defence scheme, should there be a requirement that the Employer requires assistance on one of the other schemes it is running during the contract term; they reserve the right to ask the successful Supplier if they wish to bid for the work. Any additional Services will be inline with the values detailed within the OJEU notice.

The initial contract period will be for 7 years extendable to a maximum of 8 years, subject to performance and agreement of all parties.

The closing date for receipt of your expression of interest is given against the heading entitled - Date documents can be requested until.

Additional information:

Portsmouth City Council is currently in the process of seeking expressions of interest for the following project - Heritage advice and archaeological support - Southsea.

The full details and ability to express an interest will be via our e-sourcing system Intend. This filepath will take you to the relevant area of Intend,

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/Tenders/Current

Once on the page you can either scroll down or use the search function to find the relevant project.

Should you have any problems with the above link, please contact us on 023 9268 8235 or email: procurement@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No