Request for Tenders for Architect led Design Team Services for an Office Fit-Out for the Consulate General of Ireland, Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, Germany
To whom it may concern
The purpose of this tender competition is to identify and engage a professional service provider for Architect-led Design Team Services for an Office Fit-Out for the Consulate General of Ireland, Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, Germany.
The Consulate General of Ireland in Frankfurt is currently located in temporary office space. The Consulate General has recently secured a lease for a permanent office, encompassing the full floor of an office tower, located in the Central Business & Banking District of Frankfurt, for providing representational and consular services on behalf of the Irish State.
The Consulate General of Ireland now intends to carry out a works project for a full office fit-out of these premises.
The fit-out requires the highest quality design solution, which will reflect Ireland as a modern nation and with a strong sense of the Consulate General’s purpose to promote Ireland’s foreign policy interests, culture, trade and values in Germany.
Tenderers will be requested to provide a professional service and fee proposal for a full Architect led Design Team Service.
The successfully engaged Architect will be required to coordinate and project manage the Design Team to complete design and procurement of the building works from inception, planning and construction to completion and handover of the project. The professional service provider will be required to develop, administer and coordinate all works contracts on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs within agreed budgets and to certify that the works are completed in full compliance with the design and all statutory obligations as they apply in Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, Germany.
The Deadline for receipt of tenders is 12pm Central European Time on Monday 10th October 2022. Submissions should be returned to the Department of Foreign Affairs by email to consultant.tenders@dfa.ie (mailto:consultant.tenders@dfa.ie)
In order to receive the tender documents set, Tenderers are requested to sign and return the attached Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to the Department by email to consultant.tenders@dfa.ie (mailto:consultant.tenders@dfa.ie)
It is recommended that interested parties return the NDA within seven calendar days to allow Tenderers sufficient time to complete submissions within the allowed tender period. The Department does not envisage a situation where the extension of the tender deadline will be accommodated beyond the published closing date.
Please be advised that the Department of Foreign Affairs will not meet any costs incurred by a Tenderer in preparing a submission or any other pre-contract costs.
Finance - Procurement Unit
Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland)
02/09/2022