Guildhall Yard East - Architect

Description

The City of London Corporation is the governing body of the City of London, the historic centre of London and home to much of the UK's financial sector - the "Square Mile". The Corporation is probably the world's oldest continuously elected democracy and predates Parliament. The City, in collaboration with City of London Police (COLP) are undertaking a programme to modernise the police estate through a combination of new buildings and refurbishment of existing premises. CoLP currently occupy 4 floors of an existing City of London office building. A feasibility study was undertaken to determine the potential for accommodating a number of different police functions at that building and as a result it was determined that a full reconfiguration of the internal layout would likely be required in order to accommodate the requirements. Several design packages have already been progressed to RIBA 2, however elements of this design are incomplete and there is requirement for the appointed design team to review the existing information / design and provide appropriate advice / expertise as to what extent the current packages are progressed further to provide a complete RIBA 2 design before commencing the RIBA 3 (Detailed Design) stage. All Individuals working on this project are required to have received their Non-Police Personal Vetting level 3 and Security Clearance or be in the process of obtaining the vetting from Warwickshire Police Lot 1: General Matters – Architect Appointment • Act as Lead Designer during RIBA Stage 2-4, and then acting as the client monitoring agent post RIBA stage 4 to completion. • It is anticipated that the Works will be procured on a Single Stage Design & Build, on RIBA Stage 4 Design Information. • Advise on any fees for any additional deliverables/ requirements not included in your proposal. • Your fee proposal will be evaluated with a 40% Commercial weighting, 45% Technical weighting and 15% Responsible Procurement. • Please provide a resource schedule as part of your return. • Provision of Resource Schedules and CVs with proposal. • Provision of Hourly Rates. The project programme is 131 weeks starting from April 2023 and ending in October 2026. N.B. Please include a fee provision for continued support relating to the duration of the 12-month defects period. The estimated construction value is 17.5 million. The City will employ an Architect, Cost Consultant and Structural Engineer directly to aid the progression to RIBA stage 4. N.B. - BSRIA Blue Book Regulations and Standards must be incorporated in the design process. N.B. - A copy of the City’s standard contract (D1) has been included. The contract has a hyperlink which will direct suppliers to the City’s standard terms and conditions. Please have a look at these as any clarifications need to be made before submission of a bid. Please include in your submission, initial advice on what extra specialist support this project might need. Please indicate if you have access to such services and if you have used them before. Please note the City’s internal Gateway process appendix A; At each stage in the project where an issue or design proposal must be approved by Committee, instruction to progress the project will not be possible until Committee approval is granted. This means that there could be a pause of up to four to eight weeks before a further instruction to progress the project can be issued. This should be considered into the fee proposal, programme and claims for further fees will not be entertained for any down time/ pause on progress or instruction relating to the Gateway governance process. Appendix 1 – Tender Questions & Format Appendix 2 – Programme. The City is committed to all of its operational assets being net zero carbon emissions from its own operations by 2027 as such the proposals should be highly energy efficient with all remaining energy from on site or off-site renewable sources.