Heritage Centre - Building Works

The Town Council has secured bid funding from the District Council ( Community Legacy) to include with Capital investment to refurbish and improve the Heritage Centre aspect of St Richards House in Droitwich Spa. Procurement has been completed for the internal design and fitments part of the project which is currently now instructed through Contract and in course, In addition through a commissioned Architect we have in place professional surveyors drawings, supporting scale , provisional building works costings for the alterations and planning permission is already granted ( Oct 2024). The scope of the building works is minor internal alterations and panelling in (aluminium and glazing) of an existing front porch structure - conducive to creating additional internal space. The works will include alterations , materials supply and fitment, There will be an element of collaboration required working with the Council , Architect and Design Teams for some component aspects - for example cross over responsibilities including fire and alarm systems & lighting for full integration. From the Project plan we envisage building work to take approximately 6 weeks for completion , which is provisionally anticipated to be from July to September 2025. This will then enable the Design Team a similar timeframe for their installations . Project final end date is expected to be New Year 2026, which therefore aligns both the Building and Design separate contract end dates to be marked as 31.12.2024. This also allows for any contingency planning , slippage on delivery and final snagging before full sign offs. The Town Council has a delegation for Procurement evaluation and maintains full transparency for public sector contracts. Bids are invited in paper written format only to the Town Council correspondence address ( Town Clerks Office). Following closure of the opportunity bids received will be considered and scored simultaneously using a public sector evaluation criteria ( CALC recommended) by the Delegation . The recommended bid will then require ratification by the Full Council for award of Contract. Details of the scoring criteria can be provided on request for interested parties and potential bidders.