Bath Fashion Museum- Architectural Design Team

Bath and North East Somerset Council wish to establish a Contract for the provision of Architectural Design Team services for the new Fashion Museum, Bath. The Fashion Museum, Bath, Collection is in the care of Heritage Services which is part of Bath and North East Somerset Council. The Fashion Museum, Bath is one of the world’s great museum collections of historical and contemporary fashionable dress.

The Fashion Museum, Bath has been housed at the Assembly Rooms in Bath since 1963. The Assembly Rooms are owned by the National Trust and have been leased to the Council on a full-maintenance occupancy since 1938. The National Trust decided to take back occupancy and management of the Assembly Rooms in March 2023.

This has provided an opportunity to create a new Fashion Museum in Bath city centre.

The new museum is to be located in the Old Post Office, 21-26 New Bond Street and 27 Northgate St, Bath BA1 1BA. The property is located in central Bath occupying a corner position with frontages onto New Bond Street and Northgate Street which connect with the primary retailing pitches of Union Street and Milsom Street. The principal retail frontage is to New Bond Street.

The purpose of this procurement exercise is for the Council to enter into a contract with a provider for Architectural Design Team services. This will include:

• Lead Designer
• Architect including production of the conservation management plan and management and maintenance plan for the whole site
• Structural Engineer
• Services Engineer
• Principal Designer
• Fire Engineer
• Passivhaus Designer (to achieve Enerphit standard)
• BIM Manager and Coordinator

The team are required to have experience of carrying out conservation works on listed buildings and with museums.