Who won: Beehive Community Centre Burgess Hill

A services contract from Burgess Hill Town Council, worth £210,000. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

Burgess Hill Town Council

Value

£210,000

Published

24 November 2022

About this contract

Burgess Hill Town Council has for some time been engaged with a project to create a community space in Burgess Hill that will provide performance space and accommodate up to 300 people. Planning permission has been granted (DM/19/3138 and DM/21/3067). The town council was previously successful in negotiating a loan with the Public Works Loan Board for a loan of £4,8million. Unfortunately, Covid and the Ukraine war intervened and we find ourselves in a situation which makes the delivery of this project too expensive in its current format. The latest costing is around £9million whereas we have a maximum of £5million to spend to include professional costs. Our architects who were based in London have closed and we are now looking at appointing a new architect to take this project further and to also project manage the project. The Council recognises that a simpler design will have to be accepted to accommodate its budget but would not want to change the external appearance. In addition we would want the facility to be multifunctional to accommodate various types of functions. Raked seating would be a requirement as well as all possible environmental considerations. https://www.bur

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