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City Of Wolverhampton Council

Procurement of Architect-led Design Team Services for three number Passivhaus Standard Sites

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71200000
ValueValue not published
Awarded13 May 2019
Published10 Apr 2019
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

The brief

The Client is Wolverhampton City Council trading as the City of Wolverhampton Council (CWC), delivering new council housing developments on 3 sites in Wolverhampton.

This is a high profile activity for CWC and the selection of appropriate partners is critical to its success.

The delivery of good quality, cost effective housing is key to achieving the Client's aspirations.

The Client intends to proceed with residential development at these 3 sites, for which architectural and other design services are required to progress the schemes to full planning consent.

It is a requirement that the Architect and design team produce designs and drawings to meet and achieve full certification to Passivhaus "Classic" standard.

The Architect must be able to offer practical design advice based on their experience gained from working in this market.

The design team must utilise the Council specification and the associated room data sheets (RDS) and meet the requirements defined in the Client's Brief, Construction Specification and Design Criteria for New Council Passivhaus Dwellings 2018, referred to below as "the Specification".

The proposed contract terms and conditions are the RIBA Standard Professional Services Contract 2018 and suppliers are assumed to have a copy and direct experience of these.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Client intends to proceed with residential

The Client intends to proceed with residential development at these 3 sites, for which architectural and other design services are required to progress the schemes to full planning consent.

02

The Architect must be able to offer

The Architect must be able to offer practical design advice based on their experience gained from working in this market.

03

The design team must utilise the Council

The design team must utilise the Council specification and the associated room data sheets (RDS) and meet the requirements defined in the Client's Brief, Construction Specification and Design Criteria for New Council Passivhaus Dwellings 2018, referred to below as "the Specification".

04

The proposed contract terms and conditions are

The proposed contract terms and conditions are the RIBA Standard Professional Services Contract 2018 and suppliers are assumed to have a copy and direct experience of these.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Passivhaussays mustCertification & assessment schemes
The design team must utilise the Council specification and the associated room data sheets (RDS) and meet the requirements defined in the Client's Brief, Construction Specification and Design Criteria for New Council Passivhaus Dwellings 2018, referred to below as "the Specification".

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
5d372bd1-8c57-4b06-ad93-182eae0468a4
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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