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Tower Hamlets

DR5001 LBTH CIVIC CENTRE ? ARCHITECT LED DESIGN TEAM SERVICES

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71000000
Value£5.0m
Awarded22 Feb 2016
Published5 Apr 2016
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£5.0mtotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£5.4m

This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is looking to appoint an Architect led multi-disciplinary design team to provide primary services and optional call off services to the Civic Centre project.

The successful architect practice will be required to act as Lead Consultant and Principal Designer on the development of both the old Royal London Hospital site and the refurbishment of John Onslow House up to the appointment of a Principal Contractor for both schemes.

This will include design development to RIBA Stage3.

The LBTH wishes to procure a partner who is able to provide optional call off services to support the delivery ofthe broader Civic Centre.

The Council is committed to improving the quality of life for both residents and businesses within TowerHamlets.

In line with The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the authority will consider how thisprocurement might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the relevant area.

In orderto achieve this, it is our objective to work with existing and future contractors to secure an appropriate level ofcommunity benefits through the procurement process.

Detailed guidance and minimum levels of the economicand community benefit applicable to this tender will be available within the tender documentation.

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What the notice asks for

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The successful architect practice will be required

The successful architect practice will be required to act as Lead Consultant and Principal Designer on the development of both the old Royal London Hospital site and the refurbishment of John Onslow House up to the appointment of a Principal Contractor for both schemes.

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2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

The successful architect practice will be required to act as Lead Consultant and Principal Designer on the development of both the old Royal London Hospital site and the refurbishment of John Onslow House up to the appointment of a Principal Contractor for both schemes.
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In line with The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the authority will consider how thisprocurement might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the relevant area.

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