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24 January 2023
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Waverley Borough Council is seeking an architect for a new low-carbon £19.95 million leisure centre in Cranleigh, Surrey [Deadline: 22 February 2023]
The team selected for the estimated £2 million contract will design and deliver a new Passivhaus standard on Village Way car park in the centre of the historic village located 13km southeast of Guildford.
The project will deliver a ‘high-quality signature building’ intended to have a positive impact on local public realm and entice new visitors to the facility. Proposals must also support the council’s commitment to be net zero carbon by 2030.
According to the brief: ‘This is one of the most significant new buildings in Cranleigh. As such, as well as meeting requirements as a leisure facility, it is also important to consider how to maximise the impact of this building on the overall aesthetic of Cranleigh, and also how it fits within its context, so as to maximise public realm.
‘This includes the look and feel of the high street and surrounds, enliven the town, maximising opportunities for interaction between residents, maximise use of open space, allow for pop up events etc. There is a clear aspiration that Cranleigh is looking to do more than reprovision a leisure centre.
‘The new facility should also be an integrated health and well-being centre, part of an emerging campus seeking to better connect community, health, and other provision in Cranleigh. The new building will thus form a vital hub for this wider aspiration.’
Cranleigh is a small village of around 11,000 inhabitants. Local landmarks include the 130-year-old Manns department store where Camden-based vPPR completed a new café six years ago. Allies and Morrison’s completed the new van Hasselt Centre at the private Cranleigh School nearby three years ago.
The latest project will create a new leisure centre for the settlement on the site of an existing car park next to the existing Cranleigh Leisure Centre. The winner of the single-stage procurement may also be called on to work on two smaller extension projects to existing facilities in Farnham and Godalming at a later date.
Bids will be evaluated 50 per cent on quality and 50 per cent on price. Applicants must have professional indemnity of £5 million, public liability insurance of £5 million and employer’s liability cover of £10 million.
Project title WAV PT Architect and Consultant services – Cranleigh Leisure Centre new build project
Client Waverley Borough Council
Contract value £2 million
First round deadline 1pm, 22 February 2023
Restrictions Applicants must provide a case study for a comparable project
More information https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001804-2023?origin=SearchResults&p=1
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