Tender Summary

Branch Assessment and Design

Buying Organisation

Post Office Limited

Contract Value

£2,500,000

Suitable for SMEs

Yes

Suitable for VCSEs

Yes

Tender Description

This notice is in relation to Lot 1 of 2 in a Branch Assessment & Design and Shopfit & Signage - Manufacture, Deliver and Install procurement.

Lot 1 - Branch Assessment and Design (consisting of five sub lots - Conceptual Design, Branch Surveys, CAD, Ergonomics and Industrial Engineering and Productivity Analysis)

1) Lot 1(a) Conceptual Design will require suppliers to provide design input to support projects implementing new branch propositions, designs and formats into our network (Further information in specification which will be on Post Office's e-sourcing portal).

Post Office is seeking to appoint up to 3 suppliers to provide design input to support projects implementing new branch propositions, designs and formats into its network. Supplies/services within this lot, will include:

Strategy and research;
Concept design;
Design intent;
Design guides and toolkits;
3D modelling/visualisation.

2) Lot 1(b) CAD will require 2D/3D branch rendering/visualisations including elevations in some cases to support development work by the Post Office Network Propositions Team on behalf of business programmes (Further information in specification which will be on Post Office's e-sourcing portal).

Post Office is seeking to appoint up to 3 suppliers to the framework in order to provide these CAD requirements.

3) Lot 1(c) Post Office requires suppliers to provide branch survey support for project planning and delivery. These include full surveys, internal and external elevations to be conducted (Further information in specification which will be on Post Office's e-sourcing portal).

Post Office is seeking to appoint up to 3 suppliers to the framework in order to provide these surverying requirements.

4) Lot 1(d) Ergonomic assessment of the interaction of customers and users with branch equipment as part of the development process for new equipment, counters or branch formats. The assessments are carried out at the prototype stage of new equipment development or early in the project cycle for business programmes wherever possible (Further information in specification which will be on Post Office's e-sourcing portal).

Post Office is seeking to appoint up to 3 suppliers to the framework in order to provide these Ergonomic services.

5) Lot 1(e) Industrial Engineering and Productivity Studies support on various change projects in our branch network and other sites. Each project will be briefed with the supplier being required to quote for the work on a case by case basis. The projects could be supporting changes to product design, processes / procedures, equipment, layout & systems (Further information in specification which will be on Post Office's e-sourcing portal).

Post Office is seeking to appoint up to 3 suppliers to the framework in order to provide Industrial Engineering/Productivity services.

Tender categories (products & services required)

Computer-aided design (CAD) system (CPV 48321100)
Building surveying services (CPV 71315300)
Design support services (CPV 79933000)
Health and safety consultancy services (CPV 71317210)
Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package (CPV 48300000)

Region

North East (UKC)

Buyer Information