Refurbishment and thermal upgrading works to the Halls of Residence at Shuttleworth College

Bedford College is seeking a fixed price tender to carryout refurbishment works to five halls of residence and the linked common room at Shuttleworth College.

There are two residential blocks comprising of 80 rooms.

During the period 05/02/24 and 28/06/24; four of the five blocks plus the common room shall be occupied.

Until.

Work to the student residential blocks will be phased commencing with Patworth Hall.

The block will remain empty during the works.

Once work is completed, residents will relocate to Patworth Hall and work to Ongley Hall will commence.

Block 1 - Clayton & Edmunds.

Block 2 - Milner; Ongley & Patworth Block 1 was partially refurbished in the summer of 2013.

The bedrooms were stripped out and new loose/fixed furniture installed.

The electrical system was upgraded All blocks have had minor updating including the shower rooms.

The tender shall also include for providing site welfare and principal contractor duties for two other work packages [see Note 1 below]: • Flat roofing & insulation works to the following buildings - The two hall of residence blocks; common room; Russell Hall [excluding the sports hall] & the LRC/IT block. • District heating; new plant room works [adjacent to the ZEC] and heating updating [excluding the Halls of Residence].

Note 1 - all of the preliminaries associated with the work packages above [excluding the provision of welfare are excluded from this tender.

Note 2 - The roofing works are programmed to be carried out between 05/02/2024 and 21/06/2024. [20 weeks] Note 3 - The SALIX works [district heating; plant room and heating (excluding the Halls of Residence].

Works are planned to commence on 25/03/24 and be completed [including witnessing & commissioning by 30/09/24 [27 weeks] The main works to halls of residence are scheduled to commence on 05/02/24 and be fully completed for occupation by 30/08/24 [34 weeks].

Tender should include the following.

1) All of the works to the Halls of Residence and the common room.

See note 4 Note 4 - The tender for these works shall be submitted by the addition of two contract sum analysis cost schedules [SALIX and non-Salix works (excluding the works set out in note 1] 2) Provided site welfare and principal contraor support for the additional work packages set out in Note