Innovative Development Partner for the Porthcawl Maritime Centre

Descriptions

Porthcawl Harbourside CIC is working in collaboration with Bridgend County Borough Council. They are seeking to secure a number of new infrastructure projects along the Porthcawl coastline. A central element of this package will be the construction and operation of Porthcawl Harbourside CIC’s new build ‘flagship’ Maritime Centre on land adjacent to the Porthcawl Marina, known as Cosy Corner. The signature building will meet BREEAM Excellent standard and comprise a mixed use development on five levels.Facilities will include a new ‘Coastal Science and Discovery Centre’, establish the Welsh headquarters and training institute for the Welsh Surfing Federation which will also include a range of health facilities, a nautical theme conference suite for shared use by the Sea Cadets, a range of individual and shared office and meeting rooms to co-locate Porthcawl’s Maritime Organisations and a high quality ‘training’ Café Bar and Bistro in partnership with Bridgend College.A community hub will offer residents and visitors a range of internal and external benefits which will include a new Visitor Information Centre where visitors can access and plan Borough wide activity breaks, community membership lounge facilities, particularly aimed at tackling loneliness. The upper floor will contain good quality residential apartments and the building will be topped off by a high quality restaurant offering views across the coastline along the Bristol Channel.In order to secure the most effective outcomes the company seeks expressions of interest from suitably qualified developers/building contractors to work in collaboration to achieve the best quality/value outcomes.The selection process being used is ‘Competitive Dialogue’ which recognises the input opportunity from the selected company in jointly agreeing the final design.Contract size: £5m - £7mTo arrange for further details and confidential discussion please respond with company and contact details in the first instance to:Stuart Bentley BA(Hons)Arch.,BArch(Wales)DirectorPorthcawl Harbourside CICNOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=30051.The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.