Senedd Future Accommodation

Concepts

• cardiff
• construction work
• senedd building
• senedd business
• senedd members
• senedd
• senedd future accommodation
• future accommodation
• accommodation
• the existing senedd building

Location

Wales: Cardiff Bay

Description

The Senedd is seeking to procure future accommodation for Members of the Senedd and supporting staff.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Senedd is seeking to procure accommodation, which should be circa 11,000sqm with at least 90% of its capacity in close proximity to the existing Senedd building. The accommodation must: - Allow for all required direct infrastructure links between the two buildings. - Be in sufficient close proximity to, and provide for, the secure free flow of Senedd Members and staff between this accommodation and the Senedd building to allow Members to effectively conduct and partake in Senedd business in the debating chamber. The accommodation should provide space for: - A population of circa 900 people - A secure entrance and reception suitable for conducting airport style security checks - Offices of various sizes and designs - Committee, conference and meeting rooms - Catering facilities with multiple service lines - Hospitality facilities - Space for hosting functions and smaller events - Education facilities and public space - ICT, Broadcasting and systems infrastructure - Car parking facilities The accommodation will be required to meet particular physical security requirements that are commensurate with the Senedd being critical national infrastructure. The specific details of such security requirements will be disclosed to qualifying participating bidders during the course of dialogue. Further information in relation to the Senedd's requirements is set out in V1.3 of this notice and in the procurement documents, which are available to download.

CPV Codes

• 45000000 - Construction work

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** At this juncture it is not possible to determine the contract value given the potential range of solutions and funding models that bidders may propose during the course of dialogue, which could include (but not be limited to) any of the following: - Occupational lease - Freehold/long lease - Income strip lease The full range of potential solutions will be explored with participating bidders during the course of the dialogue; the final contract value will be determined at final tender stage by reference to the successful contractor's tender proposal. The expectation is that to satisfy the contracting authority’s need for design and price certainty, bidders will have worked up their designs to RIBA Stage 3 – or will have agreed a suitable proxy for that during the dialogue phase. Whether such objective can be realised will be explored during the course of dialogue and determined by the contracting authority's sole discretion. All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of bidders. In relation to section II.2.10 of this notice, variants will be accepted to the extent permitted (if at all) in the procurement documents. The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole or part or to annul the tendering process and not award any contract. The successful contractor will be required to deliver community benefits in support of the contracting authority's social, economic and environmental objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate to social, economic and environmental considerations, including but not limited to Social Value Goals, for example, enhancing local employment prospects and providing supply chain opportunities for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), promoting diversity and inclusion and ensuring environmentally sustainable products and practices are procured / adopted. In addition, a prompt payment clause will be set out in the contract terms, which will cascade through to supply chain partners. NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=146013 Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: Included at VI.3 (WA Ref:146013) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.