Museum of Two Halves Project, Wrexham - Enabling and Shell & Core Works Package

Concepts

• wrexham
• building construction
• construction work

Location

Flintshire and Wrexham: Wrexham Museum, County Buildings, Regent St, Wrexham LL11 1RB

Description

Enabling and Shell & Core Works Package for the transformation of the Grade II Listed Wrexham Museum building and site into the new joint Football Museum for Wales and Wrexham Museum. Please see attached documentation

Total Quantity or Scope

Description of Procurement (Services to be provided / Goods to be purchased / Works to be undertaken): Basebuild contractor, responsible for strip-out of existing setwork and services. Installation of new services, walls, flooring, roofing and window replacements. The works will also involve structural alterations to the building and the installation of a new lift shaft and passenger/ service lift. Please see attached documentation. Additional information: Please see attached documentation

CPV Codes

• 45210000 - Building construction work

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Contract Title: Museum of Two Halves Project, Wrexham - Enabling and Shell & Core Works Package Background: Wrexham County Borough Council are conducting market engagement for a competent supplier to complete Enabling and Shell & Core Works Package for the transformation of the Grade II Listed Wrexham Museum building and site into the new joint Football Museum for Wales and Wrexham Museum. It is desirable that the organisation also has competence in completing projects within Grade Listed buildings located in conservation areas. The current museum is a well-known landmark on the western edge of the city centre, with the building originating from 1854-57 constructed from Cefn Sandstone. The new museum will transform the internal space whilst being sensitive to the original architecture, serving as a modern gallery space, and a draw for both local and national visitors to Wrexham. Creating a permanent home to the Welsh Football Collection and bringing the first floor of the building into public use throughout for the first time. The site includes permanent galleries (412 sq. m.), Temporary exhibition space (106 sq. m.), learning suite (115 sq. m.), internal courtyard, lift and stairwell (105 sq. m.), café and café kitchen (121sq m) shop and reception (76.sq. m.) as well as forecourt and hidden garden. This development is part of the Museum of Two Halves project which is supported by Welsh Government, Wrexham County Borough Council, UK Government – UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Description of Procurement: Basebuild contractor, responsible for strip-out of existing setwork and services. Installation of new services, walls, flooring, roofing and window replacements. The works will also involve structural alterations to the building and the installation of a new lift shaft and passenger/ service lift. Timeline - Tenders will be conducted using a two stage process, with indicative dates as follows: PQQ posted: 17/10/2023 PQQ returns: 14/11/2023 Successful Contractors Invited to Stage 2: 01/12/2023 ITT posted: 21/12/2023 ITT Returns: 09/02/24 Clarification meetings: w/c 04/03/2024 Contract Awarded: 08/03/2024 Successful Contractor Kick off: 25/03/2024 On-site period: 17/04/24 – 21/02/2025 We are interested in engaging with organisations who can provide competent persons to carry out all required basebuild works, including but not limited to: 1. Drawing coordination of all required Shell & Core works, in collaboration with the Architect. 2. Principal Contractor duties for the entirety of the Wrexham Museum site. 3. Demolition, strip out and removal of waste of existing setworks as per demolition drawings provided by the design team. 4. Construction of new exhibition walls. 5. Construction of new exhibition flooring. 6. Installation and commissioning of new plant, namely heat pumps and AHUs as per the design drawings which will be provided by the design team. 7. First and second fix electrical works. 8. Installation of new fire safety and security systems. 9. A limited amount of CDP. 10. “As built” final drawings. 11. O&Ms 12. BIM It is desirable that the organisation is able to carry out the majority of works themselves, if a subcontractor is brought on board to complete works it is expected that they will be managed by the main contractor. Interested suppliers are requested to return to Sell2Wales in early October 2023, when the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) for the Enabling and Shell & Core Works Package is programmed to be published. The PQQ will be advertised though a Notice on the Sell2Wales website, but will be published and hosted on the eTenderWales (Bravo Solutions) online e-sourcing portal. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=135004. (WA Ref:135004)