Tender: Weyside Urban Village Regeneration – Strategic Lead & Development Manager Services (Guildford Borough Council)

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Guildford Borough Council is seeking consultancy providers to support delivery of the Weyside Urban Village (WUV) regeneration programme, a major mixed-use scheme to deliver approximately 1,550 new homes including affordable housing, together with commercial and retail space, community facilities, strategic infrastructure, public open space and environmental enhancements. The procurement is split into two Lots: Lot 1 Strategic Lead to provide strategic programme leadership and advisory services including programme governance, funding and compliance management, business case and assurance oversight, strategic stakeholder engagement and programme coordination; and Lot 2 Development Manager to provide development management services including coordination of design, procurement and construction activities, management of consultants and contractors, land disposal, estate management planning and coordination of multiple delivery workstreams. Tenderers may bid for one or both Lots, which will be evaluated independently, and the Council may award one or both Lots to the same or different suppliers. The single-stage Open Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 requires submission of a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ), quality responses, a social value proposal and a commercial submission, with the contract awarded to the Most Advantageous Tender based on published evaluation criteria and weightings; successful supplier(s) will work collaboratively with the Council, professional advisers, statutory undertakers, funding partners, contractors and other stakeholders to support delivery of this complex, long-term regeneration programme.