We have let the contract to the Phase 1 build to HD9 Construction – a local construction company based in Shepley. HD9 Construction have completed a number of projects similar to ours, so they were a good choice for us. More information on HD9 Construction and their projects will be found here.
With any luck the building work will commence before the end of the month which means that the Phase 1 build should complete at the end of July. Exciting times!
The deadline for the tender process for Phase 1 was yesterday. 3 out of the 5 companies that we sent the tender documents to have responded. I am not sure if this is good or not, but the architect is trying to find out why two of the companies didn’t respond. All had previously expressed an interest in doing the work.
The good news is that the three tenders that we have received are all within 10% of one another.
The quantity surveyor is now looking through each of the responses to make sure that the three tenders are for the same work.
Having posted an entry stating that only 2 of the 5 companies that we sent tender documents to had arranged a site visit, a third company rang that morning. The site visit was yesterday. So now 3 out of 5 have done a site visit.
With the deadline for submission on Tuesday (7th May), it would seem unlikely that any more site visits are going to occur. It will be interesting to see if we get quotes without the companies having done a site visit. Still, we will know next week.
The deadline for the tender process for phase 1 is 7th May. The tender documents were issued to 5 local companies. They were told that they could do a site visit from the 29th April.
So far there have been two site visits – both on 29th. Maybe the other tenderers will leave it to the last minute or maybe there will submit a quote without having seen the property. Or maybe they won’t submit a quote at all. Who knows at this point.
I have been running the site visits and to make sure that I tell all the tenderers the same things, I have been following a sort of script (see below).
One of the things that I have been doing is using the 3D drawings to show what the finished building will look like. This material was not distributed as part of the tender pack and it is clearly given people a much clearer idea of what the finished building will look like rather than just relying on floor plans alone. I now have the 3D drawings as PDFs and will post some more shortly. I have only had them in paper copy until recently, but did post one here before on the blog based on a scan of a paper copy.
Anyway, here’s my script for the site visit:
· About us
· Objectives
· The site
· Access
· Plan
· Why two phases? Phase one / Phase Two
· Overview of the design
· Tour of the existing buildings
· Unusual things to point out
· Questions
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