Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Liverpool City Council
Cunard Building, Water Street
Liverpool
L3 1DS
Contact
Mr Joseph Lynam
Telephone
+44 1512330589
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD72 - Liverpool
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Place Making & Policy
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Waterfront Strategy
Reference number
DN701841
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Liverpool City Council would like to procure the services of a highly experienced and exceptional consultancy team, which has both international and local recognition, to produce a Waterfront Strategy. The Strategy should reimagine the city’s iconic Waterfront, building upon its fundamental intrinsic value. It will set a creative and ambitious vision for its evolution, to ensure future transformation creates successful neighbourhoods, helping local communities and the wider city thrive.
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: £195,530
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD72 - Liverpool
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Strategy will need to understand and respond to the context and character of the Waterfront and should:
1. Set a creative and ambitious Vision for Liverpool’s Waterfront, reinforcing its international status and position on the world stage. The strategy should be seen as an opportunity or invitation to reimagine the area of the waterfront, building upon its intrinsic value and consider how it could be transformed to help the city thrive.
2. Provide a more detailed planning framework to deliver a joined up, innovative and collaborative approach to the continued regeneration and development of Liverpool’s waterfront area, maximising investment opportunities; delivering quality place-making and ensuring current and future proposals are cognisant of one another.
3. Deliver excellence in quality of place that responds to distinctiveness and character of each dock area.
4. Maximise connectivity north/south along the Waterfront and address east/west connectivity to maximise the benefit of waterfront regeneration with adjacent neighbourhoods and ensure connectivity between key waterfront attractions and investment.
5. Support healthier lifestyle choices and positive health and well-being outcomes.
6. Consider measures for enhancing linkages/ permeability/legibility, including for walking, cycling and public transport, public realm, public art, way marking, environmental improvements, green infrastructure to create a sense of place along the Waterfront.
7. Set out an approach for enhancing the appropriate use of water spaces and water resources for recreational uses – reconnecting people with the water both physically and emotionally, whilst also ensuring protection of European and nationally important habitat sites.
8. Ensure the conservation and enhancement of the significance of the City’s heritage assets and support the interpretation of the historic environment.
9. Deliver sustainable, creative and innovative solutions to addressing the impact of climate change and increasing sustainability.
10. Inspire quality of place and reinforce the waterfront as a great location for business, homes, play, culture and tourism.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical Questions / Weighting: 70
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Cost criterion - Name: Total cost / Weighting: 20
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
Open 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: 2023/S 000-035557
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
DN701841
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
5 April 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 17
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
BDP
Manchester
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD33 - Manchester
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £196,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £195,530
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool
Country
United Kingdom