Shetland Campus Redevelopment

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The Campus Redevelopment Project will transform learning and teaching at UHI Shetland's campuses and learning centres.

The Campus Redevelopment Project

The Shetland Campus Redevelopment Project aims to create modern, high quality learning and training facilities and innovative approaches to digital and distance learning, tailored to the specific needs of Shetland’s communities.

This will involve transforming existing spaces at UHI Shetland’s Scalloway campus to both increase the attractiveness of the campus for traditional, on-campus students and, through the integration of new technologies, enable a greater degree of outreach to our more remote learners and island businesses. In addition, a range of mobile facilities and equipment will be established that further enable our outreach capability.

In implementing this proposal, we are aiming to enrich the quality of our educational experience on offer in the Shetland Islands and deliver it directly to our wider community. In doing so, it is hoped that this investment will contribute to improving the age structure of the Island’s population by encouraging retention and inward migration.

The redevelopment will also be required to support education, training and design in fields such as alternative energy technologies, hydrogen energy and wind power, improving our capability to contribute to the realisation of a net-zero carbon economy.

UHI Shetland is playing an important role in a number of the Scottish and UK Governments' Islands Deals projects. You can find out more about these here.

 

The Campus Redevelopment Proposal

The proposal seeks to secure investment of £2.0 million in order to upgrade and enhance the learning facilities of UHI Shetland and learning centres (as part of the University of the Highlands and Islands) to support the delivery of a modern curriculum that meets the expectations of a 21st century student body and the needs of our local employers, businesses, and communities.

The proposal involves a comprehensive package of investment to undertake the following redevelopments:

  • Revitalise the Student Spaces at the Scalloway campus to provide attractive areas where students can socialise and engage in collaborative or student-led learning.
  • Upgrade the Learning Spaces at the Scalloway campus to enable the delivery of a range of innovative curricula.
  • Upgrade the Workshop Spaces to support the current and future training needs of local industries.
  • Build upon our Community Spaces to improve access to learning opportunities and facilities beyond the traditional college campus.

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Campus Redevelopment Project Invitation to Tenders

Campus Redevelopment Project Invitation to Tenders

UHI Shetland has secured Outline Business Case approval from the Scottish and UK Government for £3 million funding to transform its existing spaces to both increase the attractiveness of the campuses for traditional, on-campus students and, through the integration of new technologies, enable a greater degree of outreach to our more remote learners and island businesses. In addition, a range of mobile facilities and equipment will be established that further enable our outreach capability.

The Campus Redevelopment Project will be delivered through a number of small individual elements, which UHI Shetland will seek to individually procure.

In accordance with the open procedure as set out in the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, all Invitations to Tender (ITT) will be advertised on the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) website, as well as on this, UHI Shetland website.  As each Invitation to Tender is published the documents will freely be available on this site to any potential tenderer.

UHI Shetland are keen to support the economic wellbeing of Shetland, and as such would encourage local Shetland contractors to submit a tender for the different elements of the project are they are made available.

If you have any questions about the Campus Redevelopment Project please contact our Project Manager Stephen Martin, email: Stephen.martin@uhi.ac.uk, telephone 01595 771015.

Documents for the tender are below

Architect Tender Response to Questions Version 1

Architect Tender Document Final

Appendix A Bidder Information Questionaire

Appendix B Commercial Questionnaire

Appendix C Form of Tender

Appendix D Conflicts of Interest Declaration Form

Appendix E Freedom of Information

Appendix F Contract Terms and Conditions SCA2018

Appendix G UHI Shetland Purchase of Services Terms and Conditions

Appendix H Supply Chain Code of Conduct

Appendix I UHI Shetland Contractor Arrangements

Appendix J UHI Shetland Non-Training Contractors Health Safety Handbook 2022

Appendix K UHI Shetland Health and Safety Policy

Appendix L UHI Shetland Energy Policy

Appendix M UHI Shetland Emissions Reduction Plan June 2023 Draft

Appendix N Shetland Campus Redevelopment Project Timeline

Appendix O Port Arthur House Floor Test

Appendix P Feasibility Study Information