Buyer Name: River Clyde Homes
Buyer Address: Clyde View, 22 Pottery Street, Greenock, UKM83, PA15 2UZ
Contact Name: Brian Murphy
Contact Email: procurement@riverclydehomes.org.uk
Contact Telephone: +44 8000132196
Buyer Name: River Clyde Homes
Buyer Address: Clyde View, 22 Pottery Street, Greenock, UKM83, PA15 2UZ
Contact Name: Brian Murphy
Contact Email: procurement@riverclydehomes.org.uk
Contact Telephone: +44 8000132196
River Clyde Homes are seeking to appoint a highly competent and experienced Development Consultant to provide advice on social housing development opportunities and facilitate delivery in potentially both new build and regeneration activities. To be considered for the contract bidders must have a demonstrable track record of maximising grant income for projects above benchmark. The successful company must be willing to work on a speculative pro bono basis on projects for a period of time until a decision is made on their progression. When projects are green lit, the Development Consultant will be required to appoint and manage the other Design Team professionals that are required to successfully deliver the project.
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External Link: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB550336
Link Title: Development Consultant
Link Description: River Clyde Homes are seeking to appoint a highly competent and experienced Development Consultant to provide advice on social housing development opportunities and facilitate delivery in potentially both new build and regeneration activities. To be considered for the contract bidders must have a demonstrable track record of maximising grant income for projects above benchmark. The successful company must be willing to work on a speculative pro bono basis on projects for a period of time until a decision is made on their progression. When projects are green lit, the Development Consultant will be required to appoint and manage the other Design Team professionals that are required to successfully deliver the project.
Lot Description: River Clyde Homes are seeking to appoint a highly competent and experienced Development Consultant to provide advice on social housing development opportunities and facilitate delivery in potentially both new build and regeneration activities. To be considered for the contract bidders must have a demonstrable track record of maximising grant income for projects above benchmark. The successful company must be willing to work on a speculative pro bono basis on projects for a period of time until a decision is made on their progression. When projects are green lit, the Development Consultant will be required to appoint and manage the other Design Team professionals that are required to successfully deliver the project. As part of their tender response, bidders are required to detail the proposed Design Team members they would engage with, should they be successful in being awarded the contract. Interested parties must first evidence to River Clyde Homes via the SPD that they have the requisite technical capacity, and experience to undertake works of this nature before they will be taken forward to the full tender evaluation.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot 1 Status: active
Lot 1 Has Options: No
Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Delivery Team
Document Title: Development Consultant
Document Description: River Clyde Homes are seeking to appoint a highly competent and experienced Development Consultant to provide advice on social housing development opportunities and facilitate delivery in potentially both new build and regeneration activities. To be considered for the contract bidders must have a demonstrable track record of maximising grant income for projects above benchmark. The successful company must be willing to work on a speculative pro bono basis on projects for a period of time until a decision is made on their progression. When projects are green lit, the Development Consultant will be required to appoint and manage the other Design Team professionals that are required to successfully deliver the project.
Document Title: RCH665 - Development Consultant - Invitation to Tender
Document Title: RCH665 - Appendix A - Tender Response Document
Document Title: RCH665 - Appendix B - Pricing Schedule
Document Title: RCH665 - Appendix C - Contract Ts & Cs
Document Title: RCH665 - Appendix D - Certification
Document Title: RCH665 - Appendix E - Data Protection Checklist
Document Title: In response to a question, we have attached a scope of works for the Development Consultant.
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