Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Colchester Borough Council
Rowan House, 33 Sheepen Road
Colchester
CO3 3WG
UK
Contact person: Alison Shaw
Telephone: +44 1206508637
E-mail: procurement@colchester.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.colchester.gov.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Urban and Landscape Design and Masterplanning Services — Tendring Colchester Borders
Reference number: 0148
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71400000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Contracting Authority plan to procure urban and landscape design and masterplanning services, providing independent advice and support to evolve the spatial design and masterplan approach to the proposed West of Braintree Garden Community site.
The input will form an important part of a wider body of work which is ongoing to consider the further evolution of the existing draft local plan policy which specifically requires development plan documents to be prepared for the proposed Garden Community, based upon the preparation of site specific masterplans and leading on to the evolution of subsequent planning applications/local development order/s.
The services will be expected to provide core skills and resources across the following technical areas and skills:
— landscape design,
— urban design,
— masterplanning,
— place-making,
— architecture, and
— participative engagement.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH3
Main site or place of performance:
Essex
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Services are focussed on the provision of urban and landscape design and masterplanning, place-making, architecture and participative engagement.
Bids are particularly encouraged from teams which can demonstrate distinctiveness and innovation, drawing from the best of design approaches and experiences worldwide.
Other technical disciplines will be secured separately by the Councils, including transport, environmental assessment, property, legal, funding and delivery.
It is therefore not expected that the consultancy should assemble a large multi-disciplinary team and commit resources to wider inputs beyond those set out in the services set out in this Prior Information Notice. However, the service provider should demonstrate through the response how they will contain sufficient awareness and understanding of the multi-disciplinary nature of masterplanning and place-making and how they will be able to evolve robust and appropriate design responses, leading the overall masterplanning process with regular and structured inputs from all relevant stakeholders.
In addition, the scope of work may flex over time and bidders will need to identify any relevant sub-consultants that could provide key supplementary support as part of their bid across any directly relevant or anticipated disciplines during the course of the commission. This could include (but not be limited to) matters relating to ecology, biodiversity, environmental constraints analysis and assessment, heritage and archaeology.
At all stages the consultancy should anticipate that it will also be required to provide “ad-hoc” general and specialist advice, including possible support across other proposed Garden Communities.
The contract award has been made on the basis of no guarantee of volume or value of work required and with an estimated value assuming that the full 36 month extension period is required.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/04/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 12
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 12
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Prior+Partners Ltd
70 Cowcross Street
London
EC1M ES
UK
NUTS: UKH3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The Contracting Authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. GO Reference: GO-2019416-PRO-14805921.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079476000
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/04/2019