Tender: Architect and Building Regulations Principal Designer for MRI Scanner Replacement at St Helier Hospital

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The Trust is seeking a suitably qualified Architect, who will also undertake the role of Building Regulations Principal Designer (BRPD) under the Building Safety Act 2022, to provide full professional services for the replacement of an existing MRI scanner at St Helier Hospital. The commission covers RIBA Stages 2–7 and includes architectural design development, multidisciplinary design coordination, BRPD duties, statutory approvals, stakeholder engagement, tender support, contract administration where instructed, construction phase support and project close-out. The project involves replacement of the MRI within a live acute healthcare environment and anticipated enabling and alteration works such as external façade removal and reinstatement, internal demolition and structural reconfiguration, MRI RF and magnetic shielding and Faraday cage interfaces, quench pipe coordination, MRI zoning and safety requirements, coordination of MEP and public health engineering services, fire compartmentation and compliance with HTMs, HBNs, Building Safety Act 2022, Building Regulations, British Standards, NHS guidance and other statutory requirements. Tenderers must demonstrate experience delivering comparable diagnostic imaging projects in operational NHS healthcare environments and expertise in MRI refurbishment/replacement, Building Safety Act compliance and multidisciplinary design coordination.