Tender: Albert Cross Design Contest – Redevelopment of Two Gap Sites, East Pollokshields (Glasgow)

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Glasgow City Council is seeking architects to submit design proposals for the redevelopment of two gap sites at Albert Cross within the East Pollokshields Conservation Area, sites that were formerly occupied by B-listed tenement blocks lost to fires in 2019 and 2020. The contest is a two-stage process beginning with an anonymously judged diagrammatic conceptual design; a shortlist of three entrants will be invited to a Stage 2 submission including a Cost Plan and named design team, from which an outright winner will be selected. Stage 2 submission depth should align with RIBA Plan of Work 2020 for an “early” Stage 3: Spatial Coordination or an “advanced” Stage 2: Concept Design. Subject to approvals and acquisition of the sites, the winner may be awarded a Design Services Contract to progress the design into a full planning application for one or both sites at the Council’s sole discretion, and the Council reserves the right to award under the negotiated procedure in accordance with Regulation 33(6) of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.