Invitation to tender for the proposed construction of an extension to St. Mary's Burial Ground, North Square, Chickerell, DT3 4DX.

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    "description": "We are pleased to invite your company, on behalf of our client Chickerell Hill Town Council, to submit a tender for the provision of the below service.\r\n\r\n\r\nConstruction of an extension to St. Mary\u0027s Burial Ground\r\n\r\nPlease find the following Tender Documents comprising:\r\n\r\n1.\tSpecification including summary of Contract Preliminaries \u0026 Form of Tender (TGMS1348.3 St. Mary\u0027s Burial Ground Extension construction specification 30 11 24).\r\n2.\tTender Drawing: Tgms1348.3-1 St Marys Burial Ground Extension - Site Layout.\r\n3.\tWork Schedules (in Excel - for ease of return); TGMS1348.3 St Marys Burial Ground Extension Work Schedules 30 11 24.\r\n4.\tTender return documents (in Word - for ease of return); TGMS1348.4 St. Mary\u0027s Burial Ground Extension Tender Return Document 14 05 25.\r\n5.\tTGMS Tender Assessment Criteria Cemeteries 70-30 2025.\r\n\r\nYour tender submission should comprise the following:\r\n\r\n1.\tCompleted Form of Tender.\r\n2.\tCompleted Work Schedules (in excel).\r\n3.\tCompleted Method Questionnaire.\r\n4.\tCompleted Sub-contractors Questionnaire.\r\n5.\tCompleted References Questionnaire.\r\n6.\tProposed programme of works on weekly resolution.\r\n\r\nPlease note, the tenders will be assessed on the basis of 70% cost, 30% quality as per the attached criteria.\r\n\r\nThe signed tender submission is to be returned by email to both tenders@tgms.co.uk by no later than 17:00 on Friday the 13th of June 2025.  Using your email software, please request both delivery and read receipts.\r\n\r\n\r\nPlease note the following:\r\n\r\n1.\tCheck the tender documents and notify us immediately if there are any omissions.\r\n2.\tAll items in the Work Schedules are to be priced in GBP.  Any costs relating to items which are not priced will be deemed to have been included elsewhere in your tender.\r\n3.\tTenderers should note that all bids will be carefully scrutinised and, after making any necessary enquiries, any bids which are considered not to be credible, whether on the basis of price or resourcing, will be eliminated.\r\n4.\tAny questions you may have regarding any part of these documents are to be presented in email to tenders@tgms.co.uk by no later than Friday the 6th of June 2025.  All tenderers will receive a copy of all the questions submitted, together with replies, via email by Monday the 9th of June 2025.\r\n5.\tTenderers are prohibited from contacting councillors or council staff to encourage or support their tender outside the prescribed process.\r\n6.\tIn order to facilitate the proper comparisons of tenders, no unauthorised alterations to the tender documents shall be made.  Tenders containing unauthorised alterations or qualifications may be rejected.  If you desire to make any changes, your proposals should be submitted to us in time to be considered and, if approved, circulated to all tenderers.\r\n\r\nArrangements for undertaking a site visit during the tender period can be found in Section 2.1.2 of the Specification.  It is recommended that Contractors should visit the site to familiarise themselves with site constraints.",
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