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ANDBC Pre-Qualification Questionnaire - Provision of Integrated Consultancy Services for Urban Waterfront and Public Realm under Bangor Waterfront Redevelopment

Ards and North Down Borough Council

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Summary of the contracting process

Ards and North Down Borough Council appointed an integrated consultancy team for the Urban Waterfront and Public Realm Redevelopment in Bangor, County Down. The services cover architectural design, urban planning, landscape architecture, architectural design contest organisation and construction project management. The team is responsible for designing, managing and delivering the project from RIBA Stage 0 through to Stage 7. The scheme will transform a two-mile waterfront route between Skippingstone Beach, near Pickie Fun Park, and Banks Lane, Ballyholme. It covers five character areas: Skippingstone, Bangor Marina and Harbour, Seacliff Road including the Long Hole, Kingsland, and Ballyholme Promenade and adjoining areas. The work supports a wider tourism-led regeneration programme intended to improve connections, public realm, buildings, facilities and visitor appeal across Bangor.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. It used a selective restricted procedure, with six candidates intended to progress to the second stage. The estimated procurement value was £2,500,000 excluding any stated tax treatment, and the contract period was 2,220 days. The tender deadline was 10 January 2025 at 12:00 UTC, following an amendment to the original deadline; the second-stage invitation date was 7 March 2025. AECOM LTD was awarded the contract for the single lot, with a contract value of £1,268,500. The contract was signed on 27 August 2026. Evaluation comprised quality at 60%, social value at 10% and price at 30%. Four bids were received, including three from SMEs, and all four were submitted electronically.

This procurement demonstrates demand for a multidisciplinary consultancy capable of taking a complex waterfront and public-realm regeneration scheme through the full RIBA lifecycle. Credible competitors would need coordinated architectural design, urban planning, landscape design and construction project management expertise, together with the capacity to work across several connected sites and respond sensitively to differing character, topography, environmental conditions and existing deficiencies. Experience of sustainable design, placemaking, public-realm improvement, visitor-focused regeneration and integration between interdependent projects would be relevant. The requirement for staff names and qualifications indicates that the council assesses the proposed delivery team as well as the organisation. The successful competition attracted four electronically submitted bids, three from SMEs, showing that smaller firms may be able to participate where they can assemble the required integrated capability.

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Notice Title

ANDBC Pre-Qualification Questionnaire - Provision of Integrated Consultancy Services for Urban Waterfront and Public Realm under Bangor Waterfront Redevelopment

Notice Description

Ards and North Down Borough Council seeks to appoint an Integrated Consultancy Team (ICT) to design, manage and deliver a transformational solution for the redevelopment of Bangor's Urban Waterfront and Public Realm, from RIBA Stage 0 through to RIBA Stage 7. This project is one of five constituent projects included in the Bangor Waterfront Redevelopment programme, to help re-establish Bangor as a thriving City and prime visitor attraction in Northern Ireland. The Bangor Waterfront Redevelopment project is a tourism led regeneration scheme which has secured funding through the Belfast Region City Deal to turn Bangor into a 'destination of choice', as a place to live, work, visit, study and invest, through a series of interconnected developments and experiences along Bangor Waterfront. The services required under this contract are for the design and delivery of the Urban Waterfront and Public Realm Redevelopment project (Constituent Project 1 in the wider redevelopment programme). The Urban Waterfront and Public Realm Redevelopment project aims to transform a 2 mile stretch of waterfront in Bangor, to uplift, connect, and rejuvenate the entire waterfront route and provide a strong foundation for the seamless integration of the other four, interdependent constituent projects under the Bangor Waterfront Redevelopment Programme. The project site extends across five diverse Character Areas, each requiring its own site-specific, sensitive, and sustainable design response, to address existing deficiencies and unify the waterfront route through interconnected spaces, buildings, facilities, place making initiatives and public realm improvements. The site proposed for redevelopment, is located in Bangor, a large seaside City situated on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan area. Bangor is the third largest urban development in Northern Ireland, with a catchment population of circa 170,000 persons within a 20-minute drive time and circa 475,000 persons within a 30-minute drive time. In May 2022, the town was awarded City status as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations. The redevelopment site extends across a 2 mile stretch of coastline in Bangor, County Down, between Skippingstone Beach to the west (near Pickie Fun Park) and Banks Lane, Ballyholme, to the east. The site is comprised of five key 'Character Areas' which are diverse in character, identity, topography, environment, activities, role and function. The identified Character Areas are Skippingstone (north of Pickie Fun Park), Bangor Marina and Harbour, Seacliff Road (including the Long Hole), Kingsland and Ballyholme Promenade and adjoining areas. The Character Areas described above collectively make up the site area proposed for the UWPR redevelopment.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Ards and North Down Borough Council seeks to appoint an Integrated Consultancy Team (ICT) to design, manage and deliver a transformational solution for the redevelopment of Bangor's Urban Waterfront and Public Realm, from RIBA Stage 0 through to RIBA Stage 7. This project is one of five constituent projects included in the Bangor Waterfront Redevelopment programme, to help re-establish Bangor as a thriving City and prime visitor attraction in Northern Ireland. The Bangor Waterfront Redevelopment project is a tourism led regeneration scheme which has secured funding through the Belfast Region City Deal to turn Bangor into a 'destination of choice', as a place to live, work, visit, study and invest, through a series of interconnected developments and experiences along Bangor Waterfront. The services required under this contract are for the design and delivery of the Urban Waterfront and Public Realm Redevelopment project (Constituent Project 1 in the wider redevelopment programme). The Urban Waterfront and Public Realm Redevelopment project aims to transform a 2 mile stretch of waterfront in Bangor, to uplift, connect, and rejuvenate the entire waterfront route and provide a strong foundation for the seamless integration of the other four, interdependent constituent projects under the Bangor Waterfront Redevelopment Programme. The project site extends across five diverse Character Areas, each requiring its own site-specific, sensitive, and sustainable design response, to address existing deficiencies and unify the waterfront route through interconnected spaces, buildings, facilities, place making initiatives and public realm improvements. The site proposed for redevelopment, is located in Bangor, a large seaside City situated on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan area. Bangor is the third largest urban development in Northern Ireland, with a catchment population of circa 170,000 persons within a 20-minute drive time and circa 475,000 persons within a 30-minute drive time. In May 2022, the town was awarded City status as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations. The redevelopment site extends across a 2 mile stretch of coastline in Bangor, County Down, between Skippingstone Beach to the west (near Pickie Fun Park) and Banks Lane, Ballyholme, to the east. The site is comprised of five key 'Character Areas' which are diverse in character, identity, topography, environment, activities, role and function. The identified Character Areas are Skippingstone (north of Pickie Fun Park), Bangor Marina and Harbour, Seacliff Road (including the Long Hole), Kingsland and Ballyholme Promenade and adjoining areas. The Character Areas described above collectively make up the site area proposed for the UWPR redevelopment.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b3a9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082235-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71220000 - Architectural design services

71230000 - Organisation of architectural design contests

71410000 - Urban planning services

71420000 - Landscape architectural services

71541000 - Construction project management services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,500,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,268,500 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Aug 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
19 Dec 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BANGOR
Postcode
BT20 4BT
Postcode Area
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN09 Ards and North Down
Delivery Location
TLN09 Ards and North Down
Local Authority
Ards and North Down
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
North Down

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

AECOM

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