Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Copeland Borough Council
The Copeland Centre, Catherine Street
Whitehaven
CA28 7SJ
Contact
Diane Ward
Telephone
+44 1946598300
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA38949
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Iron Line, Millom, Cumbria
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Copeland Borough Council (CBC), led by the Millom Town Deal Board, is delighted to have been awarded a sizeable grant from the
government’s Town Deal, to deliver a transformational programme of investment and development for the Millom and Haverigg area. The
purpose of the funding is to drive long term economic and productivity growth, through investment in connectivity, land use, economic
assets (including cultural assets), skills and enterprise infrastructure.
Millom is a peninsular town in South West Cumbria. Together with the adjacent coastal settlement of Haverigg, it is home to 7,300
residents and serves a large rural catchment of some 11,500 residents. Millom’s growth was founded on the discovery of iron ore in
Hodbarrow in the mid 19th Century, however since the closure of the mines in 1968, the town has been left without a clear economic
purpose. Today, Millom is struggling to maintain a vibrant and viable town centre offer. It is the intention to use the Town Deal grant to
facilitate economic growth, through a place making initiative celebrating the town's exceptional natural environment, and so, underpin a
thriving and resilient community through sensitive public realm design, heritage, and culture.
Millom has a unique and breathtaking setting, framed by the Lake District fells, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. It is this natural
setting and the industrial heritage of the iron works at Hodbarrow that are the catalysts for ambitious plans to drive sustainable economic
growth across the area, by creating thriving independent businesses and a distinctive culture, arts and tourism offer, in close proximity to
the UNESCO heritage site that is the Lake District National Park.
The awarded funding is for four interlinked projects, each of which has been selected by the local community, which together form the
Town Investment Plan:
1. The Iron Line
2. Reactivating heritage buildings
3. Activating community health
4. Connecting Millom and Haverigg
This competition addresses one of these projects: the Iron Line.
The Iron Line is conceived as one element in South Copeland’s tourism offer, a day out for visitors but somewhere to return to because of
its natural beauty and the quality of its educational and commercial offers. The aim of the Iron Line is to transform the area around the
unique coastal lagoon at Millom into a recreational attraction that fuses ecology,heritage and culture within this fully inclusive natural
green space.
As a point of difference, the project must embellish and support Millom’s reputation as a fully accessible place to visit, work and live,
facilitating health and wellbeing within the local population and helping to attract the ‘purple pound’ with a positive approach to
accessibility for all. The Iron Line will target all ages and provide a multi-sensory experience so everyone can participate and enjoy the
unique setting.
However, perhaps the most important issue for any design team will be the balance between nature and humans – how can the critical need
for economic prosperity and development to support the local population be balanced with the sanctity of the natural setting on this
important piece of England’s natural coastline.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £500,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD11 - West Cumbria
Main site or place of performance
Millom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a competition to find the right design team with whom a sensitive yet stimulating intervention can be created within an area of
extraordinary natural beauty, close to the Cumbrian Lake District. It is not a competition to identify a design solution for the project, this
will be created through a collaborative design process with stakeholders, once the team has been appointed. The client will follow a
restricted procedure pursuant to Regulation 28 PCR 2015 to procure its design team. The competition is being run as a 2-stage competition,
generally following public sector procedures:
Stage 1: Expressions of interest using the Standard Questionnaire
Stage 2: Shortlisting and Invitation to Tender
The competition is being managed, on behalf of Copeland Borough Council, by Colander Associates. This means that Colander is the point
of contact for competitors and all communications must be channelled through Colander, via the email address: ironline@colander.co.uk
The client is looking for a design-led team of diverse and complementary consultants that can collectively create and deliver a confident
and forward-looking design for this project: one that reflects the sensitivity of the natural environment while encouraging economic and
community growth.
The winning team will be able to address landscape design; placemaking; planning and contextual considerations; wayfinding;
interventions to historic structures; inclusive design; public safety and security; and inter-disciplinary design delivery to cost and
programme, alongside effective political and stakeholder engagement, to help bring the project to fruition.
It is not the intention to specify how teams are structured, nor which professions are included in the team. However, the design team will
require both gravitas and experience, alongside radical thinking and persuasive ideas. that resonate with the locality. Teams are therefore
encouraged to come together with both established and emerging organisations, with complementary skills.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Design Approach / Weighting: 30%
Quality criterion - Name: Design Delivery / Weighting: 30%
Price - Weighting: 30%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2021/S 000-023471
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
23471-2021
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15 December 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Layer Studio
Flintlab 1 Salters Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 1DH
Telephone
+44 7824633160
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC22 - Tyneside
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £500,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £500,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
(MT Ref:224832)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Service
Cabinet Office
London
publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3450103503
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit