Scope
Description
As part of refreshing our Lambeth Road building, a significant amount of investigation into and documentation of said building is required. A Technical Architect is needed to scope, commission and coordinate a wide number of surveys across Lambeth Road, alongside updating our existing technical 3D models on the upper floors of the building.
Contract 1. IWM London - Technical Architect
Supplier
Contract value
- £437,000 excluding VAT
- £524,400 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
24 July 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 31 July 2025 to 30 April 2026
- 9 months, 1 day
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 71250000 - Architectural, engineering and surveying services
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
Single supplier - technical reasons
Due to previous years of work, the supplier has significant understanding of the building's opportunities, challenges, access routes etc. alongside strong experience of how IWM works with internal and external stakeholders to update the Lambeth Road building. No other architectural firm has this detailed technical understanding of the building, and it would take a significant amount more in terms of cost and time to bring another architectural firm up to speed. We have spoken to a leading project management firm, who have provided project and contract management on the last three major upgrades to the building, who agree that only the supplier could meet all of the required criteria for the work.
We have also looked at whether these surveys and investigations can be scoped and commissioned by the IWM team directly or by a third non-architectural party (e.g. a project management firm) but the scoping and key outputs need to be completed by a multi-specialist architectural team to ensure we get quality results and confidence in the feasibility of plans.
Supplier
DANNATT, JOHNSON ARCHITECTS LLP
- Companies House: OC345246
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMDN-4525-YXCY
Unit 1 The Wireworks 77
London
SE1 0BU
United Kingdom
Email: studio@djarchitects.co.uk
Website: http://www.djarchitects.co.uk
Region: UKI44 - Lewisham and Southwark
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. IWM London - Technical Architect
Contracting authority
Imperial War Museum
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHRL-5691-LLXM
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
United Kingdom
Email: oclifford@iwm.org.uk
Region: UKI44 - Lewisham and Southwark
Organisation type: Public authority - central government