Invited Design Competition FREE ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Invited Design Competition

BRIEF

This project to build a new, modern facility is a joint venture between three partners; Moorfields, UCL and MEC. Together, these three partners are working on a plan to relocate the services currently provided at Moorfields, City Road and UCL IoO, Bath Street, to a new joint facility at a preferred site at St Pancras Hospital. The planned new facility will be flexible and modern, enabling us to bring together eye research, education and healthcare for the first time, while being focused on patients, and attracting and retaining the best ophthalmic scientists, educators and clinicians. It will also house the three partners, bringing together clinical care, research and education expertise in one flexible, fully integrated facility. This is a significant, high-profile project on a global scale. It presents a rare and exciting opportunity for a multi-disciplinary team to secure the design for a new, world-class centre of excellence in a major London regeneration and conservation area. The design team is being procured by the client body in accordance with the requirements of the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN) as set out within Regulation 29 of PCR15. The use of the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation is justified by the desire to consider innovative solutions and to allow appropriate engagement with Participants during the development of design proposals in response to the Client’s evolving brief. The negotiation phase will be restricted to design-related considerations, with the opportunity for participants to access the Client’s representatives to discuss and develop their design concept. At the first phase, expressions of interest from innovative, multi-disciplinary design teams are invited to apply by completing the Selection Questionnaire. The evaluation of the submitted Selection Questionnaires will lead to a shortlist of five design teams, who will then compete for the award to design the new integrated facility.

This design brief has been prepared for the purposes of procuring a multi-disciplinary design team for the provision of architectural design and related services for a proposed new joint eye care, research and education facility for Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.

This is a joint venture between:

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Moorfields)
University College London (UCL)
Moorfields Eye Charity (MEC)
Moorfields and UCL IoO have a long heritage of expertise in eye care, research and education. We are known as industry leaders both nationally and internationally. Looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities of a changing world, we need to both build on our past and adapt for the future so we can continue to be relevant for our patients.

We will create an environment for innovation to flourish, inspiring improvements in people’s sight

SCHEDULE

Launch:

Brief & SQ available: 07 June
Latest date for queries relating to the SQ: 21 June
Deadline for receipt of SQ returns: 13 July (14:00)
Evaluation of SQ returns: 30 July
Shortlisted teams notified: w/c 06 August
Invitation to Participate in Negotiation (ITPN)

Issue of ITPN & design brief to shortlisted teams: 13 August
Site visit & open briefing session for shortlisted teams: 22 August
First round of design approach workshop meetings: w/c 03 September
Second round of design approach workshop meetings: w/c 17 September
Latest dates for general clarification queries relating to the ITPN: 24 September
Issue of Memorandum in response to general clarification queries: 26 September
Invitation to Submit Final Tenders (ITSFT)

Issue of ITSFT: 05 October
Deadline for general clarification queries in relation to the ITSFT: 10 October
Issue of Memorandum in response to general clarification queries: 15 October
Deadline for submission of Final Tenders (with design concepts): 29 October
Tender evaluation commences: w/c 29 October
Clarification interviews & presentations: w/c 19 November
Issue of Intention to Award Contract: 23 November
Standstill period: 10 days
Confirmation of Contract Award: 07 December
Public announcement of result: w/c 10 December

FEES

Free

JURY

David Probert – Chief Executive Officer Moorfields Eye Hospital
Tessa Green – Chairman Moorfields Eye Hospital
Sumita Singha – Non-Executive Director Moorfields Eye Hospital
Alan Thompson – Dean of Faculty Brain Sciences UCL
Andrew Dick – Director UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Kevin Argent – Head of Programme Delivery UCL
Meryvn Walker – Chairman Moorfields Eye Charity
Rob Jones – Vice-Chair Membership Council Moorfields Eye Hospital
Bill Taylor – RIBA Architect Adviser