The Contracting Authorities intend to use the DPS to call for competition among Admitted Participants in order to award Call-Off Contracts for the provision of construction related consultancy services.
The categories into which the DPS is split, each of which covers a role relating to the construction industry from RIBA stages 0-7, which are as follows:
1. Architectural Services
2. Landscape Architect
3. Asbestos Surveyor
4. Building Surveyor
5. Computer Aided Design Technician
6. Clerk of Works
7. Electrical Engineer/Designer
8. Engineering Services (Civil and Structural)
9. Financial Viability Assessor
10. Health and Safety Advisor
11. Mechanical Engineer/Designer
12. Project Manager
13. Quantity Surveyor/Cost Consultant/Employer's Agent
14. Urban and Regional Planner
To provide services in connection with the design and construction of buildings and the space within the site and surrounding the buildings. This could include any or all of Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stages 0-7
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of essential and desirable criteria plus anticipated role requirements.
Health and Safety Advisors will be required to provide construction specific health and safety advice and support to the Contracting Authority.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of Essential and Desirable Criteria plus anticipated Role Requirements.
Mechanical Engineers/Designers will be required to prepare and design mechanical services installations for building related projects.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of Essential Criteria plus anticipated Role Requirements.
The Project Manager is to represent the Contracting Authority and is responsible for the day-to-day detailed management of the project and provides the interface between the Contracting Authorities project sponsor and the Consultant/s.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of Desirable Criteria plus anticipated Role Requirements.
These roles may be fulfilled by one individual but for clarity the roles are defined separately.
Quantity Surveyors will provide expert advice on construction costs. They will help to ensure that proposed projects are affordable and offer good value for money, helping the Contracting Authority and the design team assess and compare different options, and then track variations, ensuring that costs remain under control as the project progresses.
The Cost Consultant role provide estimates and advice regarding the cost of construction works. They will help to ensure that proposed projects are affordable and offer good value for money, helping the Contracting Authority and the design team assess and compare different options, and then track variations, ensuring that costs remain under control as the project progresses.
The role of the Employer's Agent is to act on behalf of the Contracting Authority as the contract administrator for design and build contracts.
A Candidate needs to be able to provide all these services to be admitted to this Lot.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of Essential and Desirable Criteria plus anticipated Role Requirements.
Urban and regional Planners will be required to develop comprehensive plans and programs for use of land and physical facilities of jurisdictions.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of the anticipated Role Requirements.
Landscape architects advise on, plan, design and oversee the creation, regeneration and development of external land areas such as gardens and recreational areas, as well as residential, industrial and commercial sites.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of Essential Criteria and anticipated Role Requirements.
The role of Asbestos Surveyor will have the following responsibilities:
-To provide technical support in a specialist area of work to the Contracting Authority;
-To carry out monitoring, surveys and inspection;
-Prepare detailed reports and schedules in connection therewith to an advanced level;
-Undertake asbestos fibre counting and identification in accordance with detailed U.K. Government guidelines.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of Essential and Desirable Criteria plus anticipated Role Requirements.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of Essential and Desirable Criteria plus anticipated Role Requirements.
The Computer Aided Design (CAD) Technician may be required to:
- use software to create design plans for buildings or building related projects;
- work in 2D design;
- work in 3D design.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of Essential and Desirable Criteria plus anticipated Role Requirements.
The Clerk of Works could also be termed as the site inspector and will be required to provide an independent assessment of the works, making sure that building plans and specifications are being followed correctly and will generally report to the contract administrator within the Contracting Authority.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of Essential Criteria plus anticipated Role Requirements.
The Electrical Engineer/Designer role may include:
-Identifying the requirements of the Contracting Authority;
- Researching potential electrical design solutions for construction related projects;
- Producing lighting, emergency lighting, fire alarms, communications infrastructure and power specifications;
- Producing drawings, models and other related information, including for use in Building Information Modelling (BIM);
- Working in conjunction with and as part of a design team (such as the Architect, Structural Engineer and Mechanical Engineer);
- Producing as-built information for use in the Building Manuals;
- Working in multi-disciplinary project teams;
- Duties under the Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations 2015.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of Essential Criteria plus anticipated Role Requirements.
This Lot includes Consultancy services for Civil Engineering and Structural Engineering.
A Candidate needs to be able to provide all these services to be admitted to this lot.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of Essential plus anticipated Role Requirements.
The role of the financial viability assessor, who could also be termed as business case analyst, is to provide an independent opinion on the financial viability of a contract/scheme/project to support assessment as to whether it can deliver the output specified or fulfil guarantees or warranties.
Please refer to Appendix 1 - Specification of Schedule 2 for details of the anticipated Role Requirements.