CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Lead Design Consultant and Multidiciplinary services to examine environmental issues affecting the Grade II* listed estate to create a programme of environmental improvements across the whole estate

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Byker Estate, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

BCT wishes to appoint a design team to examine environmental issues affecting our Grade II* listed estate inline with delivering this offer promise. The design team will be expected to work with BCT and a range of partners during the design process to understand the issues in managing the estate, in particular the Steering Group and Byker residents to understand their concerns and current neighbourhood priorities for environmental improvements.

They will be required to produce a design specification that is affordable, meets the requirements of Historic England, balances both BCT and tenant priorities, addresses future maintenance requirements, meets the lifestyle and expectations of our tenants and impacts positively on the future sustainability of the estate, enhancing tenancy sustainability and the Net Present Value of our assets. The estate redesign must seek to improve the quality of lives of people living on our estate.

Setting standards within the developing Heritage Partnership Agreement will enable tenancies to be managed in the future in a more proactive way to enable a consistent approach to granting permission for tenant’s requests for alterations in line with their tenancy agreement and the estates Grade II* listing. It is envisaged that the design team will be procured for the entire design stage of the environmental upgrade up to and including securing planning permission and listed building consent.

Byker Community Trust took ownership of the Byker Estate on 5.7.2012 as stock was transferred from Newcastle City Council to Byker Community Trust (BCT). The Official Offer Document to tenants committed BCT to deliver 4 main areas of investment in its first 10 years. This project will see BCT deliver on its final promise as part of that offer.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

Byker Community Trust have incorporated a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allowed unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. No further feedback was requested during this period.

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice