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Contract Notice

Iron Line, Millom, Cumbria

  • First published: 22 September 2021
  • Last modified: 22 September 2021

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Copeland Borough Council
Authority ID:
AA34350
Publication date:
22 September 2021
Deadline date:
21 October 2021
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

This is a competition to find the right design team with whom a sensitive yet stimulating intervention can be created within an area of extraordinary natural beauty, close to the Cumbrian Lake District. It is not a competition to identify a design solution for the project, this will be created through a collaborative design process with stakeholders, once the team has been appointed. The client will follow a restricted procedure pursuant to Regulation 28 PCR 2015 to procure its design team. The competition is being run as a 2-stage competition, following public sector procedures:

Stage 1: Expressions of interest using the Standard Questionnaire

Stage 2: Shortlisting and Invitation to Tender

The competition is being managed, on behalf of Copeland Borough Council, by Colander Associates. This means that Colander is the point of contact for competitors and all communications must be channelled through Colander, via the email address: ironline@colander.co.uk

The client is looking for a design-led team of diverse and complementary consultants that can collectively create and deliver a confident and forward-looking design for this project: one that reflects the sensitivity of the natural environment while encouraging economic and community growth.

The winning team will be able to address landscape design; placemaking; planning and contextual considerations; wayfinding; interventions to historic structures; inclusive design; public safety and security; and inter-disciplinary design delivery to cost and programme, alongside effective political and stakeholder engagement, to help bring the project to fruition.

It is not the intention to specify how teams are structured, nor which professions are included in the team. However, the design team will require both gravitas and experience, alongside radical thinking and persuasive ideas. that resonate with the locality. Teams are therefore encouraged to come together with both established and emerging organisations, with complementary skills.

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Copeland Borough Council

The Copeland Centre, Catherine Street

Whitehaven

CA28 7SJ

UK

Telephone: +44 1946598300

E-mail: caroline@colander.co.uk

NUTS: UKD11

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.colander.co.uk/architectural-competitions/colander-competitions/iron-line-millom-cumbria

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA38949

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://www.colander.co.uk/architectural-competitions/colander-competitions/iron-line-millom-cumbria


Additional information can be obtained from another address:

Colander Associates Ltd

Hill House, Fox Hill

London

SE19 2XA

UK

E-mail: ironline@colander.co.uk

NUTS: UKI61

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.colander.co.uk/architectural-competitions/colander-competitions/iron-line-millom-cumbria

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:

https://www.colander.co.uk/architectural-competitions/colander-competitions/iron-line-millom-cumbria


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

Iron Line, Millom, Cumbria

II.1.2) Main CPV code

71000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Copeland Borough Council (CBC), led by the Millom Town Deal Board, is delighted to have been awarded a sizeable grant from the government’s Town Deal, to deliver a transformational programme of investment and development for the Millom and Haverigg area. The purpose of the funding is to drive long term economic and productivity growth, through investment in connectivity, land use, economic assets (including cultural assets), skills and enterprise infrastructure.

Millom is a peninsular town in South West Cumbria. Together with the adjacent coastal settlement of Haverigg, it is home to 7,300 residents and serves a large rural catchment of some 11,500 residents. Millom’s growth was founded on the discovery of iron ore in Hodbarrow in the mid 19th Century, however since the closure of the mines in 1968, the town has been left without a clear economic purpose. Today, Millom is struggling to maintain a vibrant and viable town centre offer. It is the intention to use the Town Deal grant to facilitate economic growth, through a place making initiative celebrating the town's exceptional natural environment, and so, underpin a thriving and resilient community through sensitive public realm design, heritage, and culture.

Millom has a unique and breathtaking setting, framed by the Lake District fells, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. It is this natural setting and the industrial heritage of the iron works at Hodbarrow that are the catalysts for ambitious plans to drive sustainable economic growth across the area, by creating thriving independent businesses and a distinctive culture, arts and tourism offer, in close proximity to the UNESCO heritage site that is the Lake District National Park.

The awarded funding is for four interlinked projects, each of which has been selected by the local community, which together form the Town Investment Plan:

1. The Iron Line

2. Reactivating heritage buildings

3. Activating community health

4. Connecting Millom and Haverigg

This competition addresses one of these projects: the Iron Line.

The Iron Line is conceived as one element in South Copeland’s tourism offer, a day out for visitors but somewhere to return to because of its natural beauty and the quality of its educational and commercial offers. The aim of the Iron Line is to transform the area around the unique coastal lagoon at Millom into a recreational attraction that fuses ecology,heritage and culture within this fully inclusive natural green space.

As a point of difference, the project must embellish and support Millom’s reputation as a fully accessible place to visit, work and live, facilitating health and wellbeing within the local population and helping to attract the ‘purple pound’ with a positive approach to accessibility for all. The Iron Line will target all ages and provide a multi-sensory experience so everyone can participate and enjoy the unique setting.

However, perhaps the most important issue for any design team will be the balance between nature and humans – how can the critical need for economic prosperity and development to support the local population be balanced with the sanctity of the natural setting on this important piece of England’s natural coastline.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 500 000.00  GBP

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

71400000

71420000

90721100

45220000

92312000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD11


Main site or place of performance:

Millom, Cumbria

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

This is a competition to find the right design team with whom a sensitive yet stimulating intervention can be created within an area of extraordinary natural beauty, close to the Cumbrian Lake District. It is not a competition to identify a design solution for the project, this will be created through a collaborative design process with stakeholders, once the team has been appointed. The client will follow a restricted procedure pursuant to Regulation 28 PCR 2015 to procure its design team. The competition is being run as a 2-stage competition, following public sector procedures:

Stage 1: Expressions of interest using the Standard Questionnaire

Stage 2: Shortlisting and Invitation to Tender

The competition is being managed, on behalf of Copeland Borough Council, by Colander Associates. This means that Colander is the point of contact for competitors and all communications must be channelled through Colander, via the email address: ironline@colander.co.uk

The client is looking for a design-led team of diverse and complementary consultants that can collectively create and deliver a confident and forward-looking design for this project: one that reflects the sensitivity of the natural environment while encouraging economic and community growth.

The winning team will be able to address landscape design; placemaking; planning and contextual considerations; wayfinding; interventions to historic structures; inclusive design; public safety and security; and inter-disciplinary design delivery to cost and programme, alongside effective political and stakeholder engagement, to help bring the project to fruition.

It is not the intention to specify how teams are structured, nor which professions are included in the team. However, the design team will require both gravitas and experience, alongside radical thinking and persuasive ideas. that resonate with the locality. Teams are therefore encouraged to come together with both established and emerging organisations, with complementary skills.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 5

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions:

The client is looking for a design-led team of diverse and complementary consultants that can collectively create and deliver a confident and forward-looking design for this project: one that reflects the sensitivity of the natural environment while encouraging economic and community growth. Inclusion is at the heart of the project and this should be reflected in the approach that the team takes.

The winning team will be able to address landscape design, placemaking, planning and contextual considerations, wayfinding, interventions to historic structures,architecture, civil and structural engineering, cost analysis, inclusive design, public safety and security, and inter-disciplinary design delivery to cost and programme, alongside effective political and stakeholder engagement, to help bring the project to fruition. Crucially, the team will have the experience and appreciation of working within a highly designated site and the unique approach to conservation and environmental enhancement this will entail. It is not a requirement for teams to include a planning consultant, however teams should have the expertise to be able to submit a successful Planning Application.

The design team will require both gravitas and experience, alongside radical thinking and persuasive ideas. Teams are therefore encouraged to come together with both established and emerging organisations, with complementary skills. It is expected that the creative leadership within the team will be founded in landscape design. However, the lead consultant, as identified in the Standard Questionnaire, may not necessarily be the landscape designer.

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


III.2) Conditions related to the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 21/10/2021

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 29/10/2021

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 48 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.3) Additional information

(MT Ref:223754)

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Public Procurement Review Service

Cabinet Office

London

UK

Telephone: +44 3450103503

E-mail: publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Internet address(es)

URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

21/09/2021

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
71000000 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services Construction and Real Estate
92312000 Artistic services Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services
45220000 Engineering works and construction works Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
71420000 Landscape architectural services Urban planning and landscape architectural services
90721100 Landscape protection services Environmental safety services
71400000 Urban planning and landscape architectural services Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
caroline@colander.co.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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