Provision of Architectural and Planning Services for Wessex House
Awarded
Key facts
- Closing date
- Not stated by the buyer
- Buyer's estimated value
- Not stated The buyer's own estimate, not income to you.
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Notice type
- Contract award notice (UK6)
Decision brief
Taken from the buyer's published notice (shown as written, shortened where long). Tenderpatch has not added to or interpreted it. Always read the official documents before bidding.
- How bids will be scored
- Not stated in the notice.
- Conditions of participation (what you must show)
- None published in the notice. They may be in the tender documents.
- Contract length and extensions
- Period not stated.
- How to submit
- Not stated in the notice.
- Tender documents
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- Framework
- An agreement that sets terms for work the buyer may order later, often from several suppliers. The value shown usually covers the whole agreement, not one job.
- Open for bids / closing date
- You must submit by the closing date and time, normally through the buyer's own online portal. Late bids are normally refused.
- Clarification questions
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- Conditions of participation
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- Bids are scored on
- How the buyer will compare bids, usually a split between price and quality. A 60/40 split in favour of quality means the cheapest bid will not necessarily win.
- Lots
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- Area (ITL)
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- UK4 and other notice codes
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General explanations written by Tenderpatch, not part of this notice.
Description
Wessex House was formally the site of buildings connected to the Gloucester Poor Law Union Workhouse. Prior to the construction of the workhouse in the 1830s, the site was open fields and then garden plots. Additional facilities, namely an Infirmary and Casual wards, were built later. The buildings were requisitioned during the Second World War but were then demolished between 1949 and 1950. The land was leased to the General Electric Company, who constructed Magnet House, later to become Wessex House on the site. Wessex House was itself demolished between 2018 and 2020.
The site extends to 0.60 of an acre and is bounded by Network Rail land forming part of Gloucester railway station on three sides, with direct frontage to Great Western Road forming the fourth side. The land is level and owned freehold entirely by the Authority with boundary fencing on all sides.
Remedial works have been completed including archaeological investigations and reporting together with removal of former slab foundations and services. The site has been levelled and fencing constructed around its border with a height restricted access gate
We wish to appoint a lead architect who may subcontract for a series of other professional services to draught and submit a full planning application for the Wessex House site. The details of the requirement are contained within the scope document. Please ensure to list the names and contact details of any potential sub-contractors within your tender submission.
Pre-application advice has been sought previously and the pre-application documents and feedback from planning officers will be made available to the successful Supplier.