Lead Design Consultant Services and Employers Agent: Highwood Primary School — 1FE Expansion

Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) is seeking to commission a suitably experienced and competent Lead Design Consultant and Employers Agent to design and contract manage a 1FE expansion to the existing primary school buildings at the Highwood Primary School site in Woodley. The Works will include completing the detailed design, tender preparation and management, establishment of Employers Requirements, contractor management and Employers Agent, for the duration of the project.

Further detail: - The appointment and advice directly relating to Lead Design Consultant Services and Employers Agent for the Extension and Alteration works at Highwood Primary School. For the all-inclusive design package required to deliver, architectural design, cost management, mechanical and electrical design, structural design, acoustic design, environmental design including sustainability, landscape design, traffic management plans and other design elements that would normally be required for the delivery of a project of this nature and for the duration of the project.

The objective of the project is to deliver 1FE (1 Form Entry) expansion to the existing School which currently has a 2FE capacity. A Stage 1/2 report has been commissioned by the Council and the winning consultancy will be expected to use this report to develop the Planning Approval drawings and to come up with a design that meets all of the project objectives.

The consultant will be required to provide an all-inclusive service as described within the tender documents. Some specialist services as described in the tender documents are considered to be additional services.

At this time we are not aware of any issues regarding the design parameters that would control the development. A transport assessment has also been commissioned.

Limited exploratory surveys have been undertaken. Additional information: Related OJEU Contract Notice: 2016/S 047-077345 NOTE: Any answers to clarification questions submitted during the Request to Participate phase (i.e. up to 05/4/2016) will be published as an attachment to this notice on Friday each week.

An initial document containing answers to questions from similar previous opportunities, is attached. Please check this notice regularly to see if further information is available.