Request for Specialist Heritage Consultancy Panel

Overview The City of Greater Bendigo is seeking to establish a Specialist Heritage Consultancy Panel to support the delivery of heritage services across the municipality. The panel will supplement Council's in-house heritage services and provide access to specialist expertise for project delivery, peer review and advisory cover for leave. About The panel is intended to improve access to specialist heritage skills, support consistent, inclusive heritage outcomes and enable efficient engagement for discrete pieces of work. Panel members may be engaged on a project-by-project basis where Council requires expertise for defined work. Purpose The objective of this RFQ is to establish a responsive panel of suitably qualified heritage specialists who can provide timely, high-quality advice and project support where Council requires specific expertise. Scope Council is seeking to establish a single panel encompassing four specialist disciplines: Historian; Archaeologist; Heritage Architect and/or Heritage Landscape Architect; and Heritage Engineer. The scope includes: Provision of consultancy services for specialist heritage advice, assessment, peer review and project support Heritage assessments, citations and studies Peer review of heritage outputs Archaeological survey, investigation, recording and reporting Conservation and architectural advice Structural and engineering assessment of heritage fabric Research, thematic histories and gap studies Coverage of Council's in-house heritage advisory function during periods of leave or incapacity Services may relate to locations across the City of Greater Bendigo municipality and will be specified in individual project briefs.