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title: "Hielanman's Umbrella Design Enhancement"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000703178"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2022-08-25"
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# Hielanman's Umbrella Design Enhancement

Buyer: GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000703178

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## Summary

The Glasgow City Council has issued a planning tender titled "Hielanman's Umbrella Design Enhancement". The tender aims to enhance the environmental amenity and appearance of the Hielanman's Umbrella space in Glasgow City Centre. The project involves designing inclusive interventions to improve security, wellbeing, and cultural references. It emphasises sustainability and engagement with stakeholders, aligning with the Council's urban regeneration plans.

This tender presents an opportunity for innovative design consultancies with a focus on sustainable and culturally significant projects. Businesses specialising in urban design, environmental enhancements, public art, and stakeholder engagement would be well-suited to compete. The planned procurement process, led by the Glasgow City Council, offers potential growth prospects for firms aiming to contribute to the enhancement and vibrancy of urban spaces in Glasgow.

## Notice

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative design consultancy who have the capability to bring fresh ideas to a culturally and historically important location in Glasgow City Centre. We want to lighten the space and make it more appealing to a wider variety of visitors in order to make it more vibrant, safer and a real destination with interest and strong cultural references. Whilst the project is considered relatively small scale in nature, it is anticipated to be high profile with plans attracting attention from a broad local and potentially national audience; The overall purpose of this project is to design inclusive, small scale but impactful interventions to enhance the environmental amenity and general appearance of under the Hielanman's Umbrella space as well as improving the sense of security and wellbeing for all users, including disability groups. This will require innovative and imaginative solutions to overcome the existing constraints, particularly the category A listed status and lack of natural light; The Council is also keen that sustainability, and in particular, circular economy principles, underpin the main design features. This might include the reuse of materials from elsewhere or designing features with a degree of flexibility so that they also might be used elsewhere at a future date if such circumstances prevail; Extensive engagement has taken place over recent years with a wide variety of stakeholders and user groups following the Central District Regeneration Framework and the Central Station Area Action Plan. For this contract, it is expected that the design team will liaise with the identified stakeholders to obtain their agreement to the proposed design. The main stakeholders include Network Rail, Historic Environment Scotland, business owners, relevant local youth charity(ies) and relevant Glasgow City Council services; The Hielanman's Umbrella forms a strategic point in the Council's avenues programme between the Argyle Street West and Argyle Street East projects due to begin in 2024. The detailed plans for these projects are yet to be finalised but they will aim to improve the road layout and parts of the public realm. The intention of this current project, subject to this contract, is to enhance the other elements of the space during the interim period i.e. the intention of these works is not to introduce hard public realm features, like hard landscaping, but to focus instead on softer, cultural interventions that are interesting, functional and flexible. Working closely with the City Centre Avenue's teams will be fundamental in producing a coherent design that compliments future regeneration plans.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Glasgow City Council are seeking to appoint a lead consultant, supported by a multi-disciplinary consultancy team, to develop a design for the environmental enhancement of the area under the railway bridge, commonly known as Hielanman's Umbrella.. Please note that the figure noted within the PIN notice is a minimum anticipated figure of revenue to be returned to the Council and does not represent the value of the opportunity to any potential supplier

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG457271 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 9 Sep 2022 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £50,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 1DU |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North East |
| Delivery location | TLM82 Glasgow City |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 71200000 - Architectural and related services
- 71210000 - Advisory architectural services
- 71221000 - Architectural services for buildings
- 71222000 - Architectural services for outdoor areas
- 71223000 - Architectural services for building extensions
- 71230000 - Organisation of architectural design contests
- 71240000 - Architectural, engineering and planning services
- 71250000 - Architectural, engineering and surveying services
- 71251000 - Architectural and building-surveying services
- 71400000 - Urban planning and landscape architectural services
- 71420000 - Landscape architectural services

## Release History

- 25 Aug 2022 at 00:00 - Planning - PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG457271

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=AUG457271&idx=1
  20th September 2022 - Hielanman's Umbrella Design Enhancement - WEBINAR INVITE
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG457271
  Hielanman's Umbrella Design Enhancement - This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative design consultancy who have the capability to bring fresh ideas to a culturally and historically important location in Glasgow City Centre. We want to lighten the space and make it more appealing to a wider variety of visitors in order to make it more vibrant, safer and a real destination with interest and strong cultural references. Whilst the project is considered relatively small scale in nature, it is anticipated to be high profile with plans attracting attention from a broad local and potentially national audience; The overall purpose of this project is to design inclusive, small scale but impactful interventions to enhance the environmental amenity and general appearance of under the Hielanman's Umbrella space as well as improving the sense of security and wellbeing for all users, including disability groups. This will require innovative and imaginative solutions to overcome the existing constraints, particularly the category A listed status and lack of natural light; The Council is also keen that sustainability, and in particular, circular economy principles, underpin the main design features. This might include the reuse of materials from elsewhere or designing features with a degree of flexibility so that they also might be used elsewhere at a future date if such circumstances prevail; Extensive engagement has taken place over recent years with a wide variety of stakeholders and user groups following the Central District Regeneration Framework and the Central Station Area Action Plan. For this contract, it is expected that the design team will liaise with the identified stakeholders to obtain their agreement to the proposed design. The main stakeholders include Network Rail, Historic Environment Scotland, business owners, relevant local youth charity(ies) and relevant Glasgow City Council services; The Hielanman's Umbrella forms a strategic point in the Council's avenues programme between the Argyle Street West and Argyle Street East projects due to begin in 2024. The detailed plans for these projects are yet to be finalised but they will aim to improve the road layout and parts of the public realm. The intention of this current project, subject to this contract, is to enhance the other elements of the space during the interim period i.e. the intention of these works is not to introduce hard public realm features, like hard landscaping, but to focus instead on softer, cultural interventions that are interesting, functional and flexible. Working closely with the City Centre Avenue's teams will be fundamental in producing a coherent design that compliments future regeneration plans.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.glasgow.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000703178
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=703178

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