Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus- Appointment of Multi Disciplinary Design Team

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With ERDF funding secured, Aberystwyth University in collaboration with BBSRC will be embarking upon a major infrastructure development project early in 2015 which will see a significant expansion of its Gogerddan site to provide 4000-5000sq metres of high quality research and innovation facilities in the fields of Sustainable Food, Bio-technology, Health and Energy Security. The total value of the project is expected to be of the order of GBP 40million.The Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus (AIEC) will enable the establishment of a thriving commercially focussed Innovation Campus that will increase the capacity to deliver impact driven collaborative research projects within a state-of the art flagship environment.The AIEC Project now requires the services of a Multi-Disciplinary Design Team (MDDT) to include (but not necessarily limited to) Architects, Service, Structural and Civil Engineers, BREEAM (or equivalent) assessors and Cost Managers .The construction value is currently estimated at GBP 15-20 million.The MDDT will work in close association with the Project and Cost Management Team (PCM - which is currently subject to a separate procurement exercise) which we anticipate will be in place by the time the MDDT appointment is made. In the event that any one organisation or Consortia bids for both procurement opportunities (PCM and MDDT) the tender documents for this MDDT will require, as applicable, that any shortlisted bidder for this procurement explains how any potential conflict of interest in such a situation will be managed such that the University/AIEC has ‘comfort’ that appropriate segregation of duties and responsibilities would be put in place. An indicative procurement/construction programme has also recently been produced and will be issued at ITT stage.These projects/procurements will require that the PCM and the MDDT Teams shall be familiar with, have experience of, and be compliant with the following five processes/disciplines/principles:-a) The OGC Gateway Review Process (or equivalent) http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100503135839/http:/www.ogc.gov.uk/what_is_ogc_gateway_review.aspb) BREEAM Excellent low carbon (or equivalent) http://www.breeam.org/c) Welsh Government Community Benefits (or equivalent) Guidance http://wales.gov.uk/topics/improvingservices/bettervfm/publications/community-benefits-2014/?lang=end) OGC 'Achieving Excellence in Construction' (or equivalent) http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110601212617/http:/www.ogc.gov.uk/ppm_documents_construction.aspe) BIM Modelling (or equivalent) http://www.bimtaskgroup.org/Interested bidders should be mindful that questions associated with compliance/delivery against the above processes/disciplines (or equivalents) will be included in the invitation to tender documents for all shortlisted bidders.Currently, because of funding and programme stipulations, we anticipate the project will take the form of a single stage design and build contract and there may be an opportunity to undertake a degree of pre-contract preparatory/enabling work to relieve pressure on what will be a demanding construction programme.