CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Oriel Davies Feasibility invitation for tenders from Design Team

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Description of the goods or services required

Feasibility Study for Oriel Davies, Newtown

Oriel Davies is a leading gallery of Wales and the most important visual arts venue in Powys. Between 2001 and 2004 our gallery premises went through a highly successful 2-Phase refurbishment programme.

We wish to appoint an Architectural Design Team to work with the Gallery on a Feasibility Study for a 3rd Phase, to further develop gallery’s facilities for a strong and sustainable future.

Oriel Davies is an independent contemporary art gallery, showing and touring the best visual art and craft from Wales and beyond. We are admired for our beautiful exhibition spaces, innovative artistic & learning programmes and excellent café and shop. Oriel Davies is based in the centre of Newtown, Powys’s largest town, and attracts c.75,000 visits annually.

We are looking to appoint a Design Team, who together with our Arts Business Consultant, will work with ODG on the Feasibility Study to research and develop a 3rd phase capital project for our premises.

Expressions of interest and tenders are invited from Architectural Design Teams by 23 December 2015.

The fee for the Design Team is £14,000 + VAT (to include all expenses)

The role of the Design Team in the Feasibility Study:-

To develop the project up to RIBA Work Stage 2 to include:-

• Building design proposals and costings for extension & solar panel installation, to be outlined to RIBA Work Stage 2

- site investigation & topographical surveys

- café bar extension design and relevant services

- re-design of gallery shop, storage and costing of fixtures, fittings & equipment

- rebranding, signage & poster boxes

- landscaping & public walkway

- planning consultations and applications

Design Teams tendering will be informed by 30 December if they have been shortlisted for interview.

Interviews for the Design Teams will take place the week beginning 4 January 2016 at Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown

Oriel Davies Registered Charity: 1034890

NOTE: 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=37598.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

£14,000 + VAT

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

(WA Ref:37598)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice