Expressions of Interest are sought from suitably qualified and experienced practices that can offer all the professional services needed in the replacement of the Community Centre, Station Road, Low Ackworth, WF7 7HH.

The professional team must include a Project Manager and Architect along with the qualified professionals capable of developing design proposals through community consultation, to planning and tender stages, and then through construction to completion and handover.

Any new Community Centre building will be owned and initially managed by the Parish Council who will act as Employer during its redevelopment stages.

At present, there is an allocation of CIL monies from local residential house building, while the Parish Council will seek to part fund the project through a Public Works Loans Board request along with some of its own capital reserves.

Assistance will be needed from the successful professional team in supporting the Parish Council's efforts in raising additional funds.

The professional team listed below represents the suggested personnel likely to be required to progress the project to a successful completion.

Tenderers should ensure that they have the appropriate skills either in house or within their team to provide these services at a minimum.

All of the team members should be appropriately qualified and have relevant experience in developing community / leisure facilities.  Project Manager  Architect  Quantity Surveyor  Structural Engineer  Principal Designer (CDM) The successful practice will need to carry a minimum of £2m Professional Indemnity Insurance along with £5m Product / Public Liability Insurance.

Ackworth Parish Council seeks to employ an appropriately qualified and experienced professional practice to carry out this project.

To assist in the selection, some basic qualifying criteria are applied.

As a minimum qualification, the selected organisation will be expected to achieve the following ...  To have been established for more than two years.  To have an annual fee-based turnover exceeding £200,000 ex VAT.  To carry appropriate levels of insurance including public liability and professional indemnity as noted above.

To request our full expression of interest document to find out more about this exciting opportunity, please contact clerk@ackworthparishcouncil.gov.uk.

The full expression of interest document is also available for download from this early engagement post.