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National Portrait Gallery

Architect Led Team for Gallery refurbishment from RIBA Stage 2 to 7

ConstructionCPV 45453000
Value£3.4m
Awarded31 Jan 2018
Published8 Feb 2018
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

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£3.4mtotal contract value
median £158k
this tender£0£6.5m

This is a large award for Construction — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 64,002 valued Construction tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Team is to comprise the following services • Architect - the Lead Consultant • Heritage Architect • Structural Engineer • MEP Services Engineer • Principal Designer • Planning Consultant • Acoustics Consultant • Lighting Designer • Access Consultant Please note that the Cost Consultant, and an External Project Manager, will be directly procured by the National Portrait Gallery.

A separate Conservation Architect has been appointed to develop the Inspiring People - Standard Questionnaire & Invitation to Tender for Architect Led Team 6 See Architect Led Team Design Brief and associated documents for further information.

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