CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Wayfinding Signage Project for the Vale of Glamorgan

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The Vale of Glamorgan Council (“the Council”) requires production of detailed product designs, prototyping and artworking, and on-going consultancy services for tendering the fabrication, installation and de-cluttering of signage for a wayfinding scheme for the coastal town of Barry (“the Services”).

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=127537.

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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The Council requires an experienced consultancy (“the Supplier”) with evidence of implementing successful signage projects, to develop the concept designs for signage in the Wayfinding Scoping Report into detailed fabrication drawings and to sub-contract a fabricator to create prototypes. The Supplier will also review and complete the street map design for the whole of Barry and prepare the map artworks for each of the arrival and connector signage products. The Supplier will prepare a phased and costed schedule of work to be agreed with the project team which will outline the tasks and budget for each phase of work. The Supplier will support the Council with the preparation of tender documents to appoint a manufacturer to fabricate and install the suite of signage. (This will be a competitive process and may or may not be the same manufacturer that produced the prototypes.)

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Please see tender documents

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

VOG/MV/YC/122022

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

We require a consultancy, for an immediate start, to deliver “the Services” as described in the Detailed Requirements of Clause 6 below, over the financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25.

“The Vale of Glamorgan Council has declared a Climate and Nature emergency and is committed to working with suppliers that contribute to our journey towards Net Zero Carbon”

Tenders may be submitted in Welsh and will be treated no less favourably than a tender submitted in English.

(WA Ref:127537)

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

Please see tender documents

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice