Professional Services for Heritage Assets Framework agreement

Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers to participate in establishing a framework of Heritage Professionals up to a value of £2M for the design of refurbishment of Units within the Carriage Works, London Street, Swindon and other heritage assets that SBC owns or has an interest in. The submission to participate on the framework will also include the first package of work, to be mini competed comprising of reviewing and further developing designs of Units 7 & 9 of the Carriage works. The work is adjacent to Unit 11 of the Carriage Works, which is currently being refurbished to provide a 'Cultural Heritage Institute' for a Higher Education facility. Details of the works required to Units 7 and 9 are provided in the Invitation to tender and supporting documentation.

Full details relating to the professional services required are provided in the tender documents. To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com Contract Period The contract will be initially for a period of 48 months commencing 04th March 2020.

Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 05th February 2020, 12:00:00 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Tender Clarifications. If you require any clarifications on the tender documents, please submit these in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal, including the project reference and title clearly in the Subject title, by 27th January 2020, 12:00:00 hrs UK Local time. The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically via Messaging in ProContract tender portal. Please note that this project has been advertised on Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) Contract Notice reference GB007-SWINDON001/2020-000002 Contracts Finder/ other web portals. However, Supplying the South West Portal, https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN456119 No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents.