Built Environment Professional Services Framework - Cornwall Council

Cornwall Council is seeking to appoint consultants to a Framework Agreement consisting of 3 Lots that will be used to undertake services relating to the built environment that include Development Management, Project Management, Cost Management, Site Supervision, Health and Safety Assessment and Multi-Disciplinary Construction Design. This procurement process is to appoint consultants to the Framework that are capable, under NEC3 forms of contract, of carrying out services on behalf of the Council .

Tenderers appointed to the Framework may be asked to provide works and services to all departments and wholly owned companies of the Council and potentially to other public sector bodies in Cornwall across the geographical area of Cornwall and Plymouth as described in the OJEU Contract Notice and Schedule 12 of the Framework Agreement. It is the intention of this procurement that it will be possible, through the call off process appoint the Consultant to take responsibility for: 1) Project Management of the Employer or Organisations construction or civil engineering works project; 2) Pre and post contract Cost Management (QS) services; 3) Site Supervision services; 4) Multi-disciplinary Construction Design; Each of the four principle disciplines will have a defined scope as set out in the tender documentation that applies to the various Project stages under which call off contract may apply.

Such duties include assessing and reporting on the site health and safety performance of Contractors to ensure site activities are being conducted in a safe manner and in compliance with current regulations. It is expected that as a minimum 10-20 sites will be active concurrently, however during the school's summer holiday period the number of sites can peak at over 60 sites each requiring assessment at least once every 2 weeks.

In their tender responses consultants must clearly demonstrate their ability to manage the work load. A tenderer may submit a bid for a single lot only.