How to win: Design element for the new development of Florence Park Sea Cadet and Community Centre, Chichester

About this contract

The Council invites response to this Invitation to Tender (ITT) from suitably qualified suppliers ("Suppliers") for the provision of a professional services design team for design services to develop the new Florence Park Sea Cadet and Community Centre. It should be noted that work consist of the following: a) Support the Council with the design, planning and structural designs following the feedback from pre-application advice. b) This invite to tender represents all work required for the development to progress through RIBA stages 3-4. The final stage RIBA Stages 5-6 will be dependent on external funding applications. c) With the above exception for the external works, where the appointed professional services design team will be required to undertake RIBA stages 3 onwards, for all other aspects of the work they will be required to provide the professional services to undertake all the relevant tasks through the RIBA stages, including surveys, technical studies, business planning and the design of a practical and economically viable solutions through to contract administration. Full details are to be included in the accompanying documents in the Tender Pack and included with

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Chichester City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
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