provision of Specialist Design Team Consultancy Services - Development and Delivery of a National Lottery Heritage Fund scheme at the National Picture Theatre, Hull

This tender concerns the conservation and repair of the Grade II listed remains of the bombed former cinema on Beverley Road, Hull. The Council has been successful in its National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) Heritage Grant First Round Application to stabilise and preserve the National Picture Theatre site. The remains of the building will be opened to the public and interpreted through displays and engagement activities. The Council is seeking to procure specialist design consultancy services to assist in progressing the plans for the National Picture Theatre. The Council will require the successful bidder to further develop and (subject to funding) subsequently deliver the NLHF Heritage Grant for the National Picture Theatre. The appointed consultant will be the Lead Designer for the development stage, and if the funding bid is successful will be retained as the Project Manager/Supervisor for the delivery stage. The commission will be in two parts. The first of these is the NLHF Second Round Application development stage where the successful bidder will work with the Council to develop a NLHF Second Round Application for the National Picture Theatre (up to RIBA Stage 3) that will be submitted by 31 August 2020. Pending the successful outcome of the NLHF Second Round Application and the confirmation of additional funding, the successful bidder will be retained to provide design consultancy services for the second part of the commission. This will be the NLHF Second Round Application delivery stage of the design from RIBA Stage 4 to 7 which is to be completed by October 2022. It is anticipated that the successful bidder will be commissioned under one contract from RIBA Stage 1 to RIBA Stage 7. The contract will include break clause after the following RIBA stage 3: Bidders should note that the break clause after RIBA Stage 3 will apply at 31 August 2020 in order to allow the evaluation of the NLHF Second Round Application and confirm the additional funding required to allow the project to progress to delivery phase. A decision on the outcome of the NLHF Second Round Application for the National Picture Theatre is expected during September - October 2020. The successful bidder will assemble and manage a design project team.