St Heliers Kinder Development - Design Consultancy

Overview The City of Yarra is seeking to appoint a Principal Consultant-led multidisciplinary design team for the St Heliers Kinder Development, to undertake concept design through to construction-ready documentation for a kindergarten and integrated early years facility. The facility will comprise three kindergarten rooms (99 places) together with community, health, and family support services. About The project builds upon a previously approved Heritage Victoria scheme for a 101-place integrated children's facility. Council requires the consultant team to review the approved design and assess operational learnings identified by Children's Services. Purpose Council requires the consultant team to develop a revised concept and subsequent detailed design for a contemporary early years and community facility, incorporating the operational learnings identified by Children's Services on the previously approved scheme. Objectives Council seeks to appoint a Principal Consultant-led multidisciplinary design team to undertake concept design through to construction-ready documentation, subject to milestone approvals. The Principal Consultant shall act as lead consultant and be responsible for the appointment, coordination and management of all required subconsultants, ensuring that architectural, structural, civil, landscape, building services, ESD, access, heritage and other specialist inputs are fully coordinated and integrated into the design, documentation, approvals and project programme. Scope The scope includes: Concept design through to construction-ready documentation for the kindergarten and integrated early years facility Design of three kindergarten rooms with a capacity of 33 approved places each (99 places total), together with associated indoor and outdoor learning environments, administration, reception, staff amenities and support spaces required for the delivery of funded 3-year-old and 4-year-old kindergarten programs Incorporation of Maternal and Child Health, allied health consultation rooms, family support services, community meeting and multipurpose spaces, offices for integrated service delivery, and other community-focused functions as required by Council Review of the approved Heritage Victoria design scheme and the operational learnings identified by Children's Services, and development of a revised concept and detailed design Appointment, coordination and management of subconsultants across the disciplines necessary to complete the services, which may include architect and Principal Consultant, building services, structural, civil, landscape, and town planning Review of available data and reports, and incorporation of any recommendations arising from specialist investigations into the design and documentation Liaison and coordination with Council-appointed consultants throughout the project, including the Quantity Surveyor, Geotechnical Engineer, Arborist, Traffic Consultant, Building Surveyor and Heritage Consultant, who will be separately appointed and directly managed by Council Instructions to Tenderers Fee proposals must separately identify fees for subsequent project stages, which may be commissioned at Council's discretion Tenderers must not include the cost of the actual services provided by Council-appointed consultants in their pricing; however, the Principal Consultant's lump sum fee must include all reasonable time and allowances required to coordinate with these specialists and attend necessary project meetings alongside them