Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (“the Council”) is seeking to appoint a lead consultant who will provide a multi-disciple professional team to provide design, project delivery support and advice for the redevelopment of Plot J (Norden House) site, located at Basing View, Basingstoke RG21 4HG.

The Council recently purchased the 2 storey offices, which are currently multi-let to a number of SME’s, with the express purpose of redevelopment on this important gateway site into a Grade A office provision, and now wishes to appoint a lead consultant who will provide a multi-disciple professional team to provide design, project delivery support and advice on preparing the site named above for future development. The purpose of the appointment is to design an appropriate office scheme to maximise the development potential of the site, together with appropriate car parking provision for an important gateway site facing onto Basing View. It is anticipated that the consultancy team will include but not be limited to the following services:

(a) Architectural and Design;

(b) Planning Consultant;

(c) QS, Cost Consultant and potentially an Employers Agent;

(d) Highways and Transportation Consultant;

(e) M+E Consultant.

The contract will be based on the RIBA Standard Agreement 2010: Schedules (2012 revision – RIBA Plan of Work, 2013 compatible version) and will include RIBA Work Stages 1 to 7 inclusive. The project programme includes formal client approval stages, in line with the RIBA Work Stages, which will only be varied with written agreement. The client will also retain the option to invoke project breaks at the completion of stage 3 (granting of reserved matters planning) and stage 4 (completion of full main contractor tendering). The OJEU notice states the contract length will be for a period of 3 years however due to the inclusion of project breaks as stated above the contract period may vary from between I year to up to approximately 5 years