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FUTURE
CAMPUS
INTERNATIONAL
DESIGN COMPETITION
Search Statement
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and original content provided by University College Dublin. The combined content is
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is provided in good faith but no warranty or representation is given as to its accuracy or
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FUTURE
CAMPUS
INTERNATIONAL
DESIGN COMPETITION
Search Statement
Contents
Foreword 5
Part One 9
Overview 11
Aims and Objectives 15
The Site 19
The Project (Emerging Brief) 25
Teams 29
University College Dublin 33
Context 41
Part Two 47
Project Details 49
Competition Details 53
How to Enter 61
Submission Requirements 63
Evaluation Criteria 69
Appendices 71
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Foreword 5
Overview 11
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Previous Competition
A previous competition for development on the UCD
Campus, including its entrance, was launched in 2007. This
project was to be led by UCD in conjunction with a
development partner, but was subsequently cancelled due to
the global economic downturn in 2008.
The new project will be led and financed by UCD exclusively.
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• A Dublin landmark
Make the University a landmark on the Dublin map –
improving connections with the city and the immediate
community/vicinity.
• UCD’s international reputation and image
Raise the profile of UCD nationally and internationally
through the quality of its campus and architecture to draw
more diverse, high-performing candidates and academics.
Part One Aims and Objectives
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The Site 19
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N.T.S.
The Project 25
(Emerging Brief)
The project brief is in two parts: the Entrance Precinct
Masterplan and the Centre for Creative Design.
The Entrance Precinct Masterplan covers an area of 23.8 ha,
within which there is the potential for up to 335,000 sq m of
new development (representing a footprint of circa 67,000 sq m).
The precinct is conceived with a mix of uses, including a focus
on innovation, outreach, engagement and hospitality.
The new masterplan needs to give the University immediate
physical presence and visibility, communicating its intent as an
internationally-minded, dynamic and creative place of learning.
It should cue a highly attractive environment (day and night,
season to season) that promotes a strong sense of community
and sociability, and creates an atmosphere conducive to new
ways of learning and thinking.
The masterplan should look to address the current difficulties
with the arrival experience at UCD, which is considered to be
underwhelming. The entrance, framed by 1960s traffic
engineering, is low key, nondescript and unfriendly to
pedestrians and cyclists.
A welcoming arrival experience is essential to showcase the
expansive green campus and needs to reflect the University’s
long-term ambition to consolidate the core estate, ensuring an
approximate five minute walk between key academic buildings.
The Entrance Precinct is intended as a nexus between city and
University; between entrance and the campus core. So to
support this approach, a further 5.35 ha of land owned by
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, adjacent to and
contiguous with the campus boundary, is included within the
brief. This embraces wider initiatives planned for the Greater
Dublin Area, but which are advantageous to the University,
such as Bus Connects, a Bus Rapid Transit service with its initial
southern terminus planned at the University’s entrance.
Part One The Project (Emerging Brief)
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Teams 29
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University 33
College Dublin
Foundation and John Henry Newman
An assemblage of learned men, zealous for their own
sciences, and rivals of each other, are brought, by familiar
intercourse and for the sake of intellectual peace, to
adjust together the claims and relations of their respective
subjects of investigation. They learn to respect, to consult,
to aid each other. Thus is created a pure and clear
atmosphere of thought, which the student also breathes.
– John Henry Newman, The Idea of a University
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UCD in Numbers
1 Ranked within top 1% of higher education institutions world-wide
27 Percentage of international students
28 Percentage of international staff
29 Percentage of undergraduate students from under
represented cohorts
64 Percentage of non-Exchequer funding
133 Hectares making up the woodland campus
138 Number of nationalities within the student body
443 Million euro annual turnover
525 Million euro won in externally funded research in last 5 years
1,536 Number of PhD students
1,588 Academic staff (FTEs)*
1,784 Support staff (FTEs)
1854 Year founded by John Henry Newman
4,947 Number of international students in overseas operations
7,789 Number of international students on main campus
8,857 Number of awards conferred each year
9,154 Number of graduate students
33,724 Total number of students (including overseas operations)**
167,177 Square meters of science, engineering and innovation
related facilities
239,000 Number of alumni across 165 countries
1,700,000 Approximate number of annual visits to library facilities
Context 41
Ireland
A confident, prosperous, outward-looking nation of some 4.7
million people, the Republic of Ireland extends over five-sixths
of the island of Ireland. It is situated to the west of the
continent of Europe and bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the
north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south, and separated
from Great Britain by the Irish Sea to the east.
Ireland has a compelling history, and is famous for the richness
of its customs, folklore, religion, literature, language and sport.
Ireland today boasts a dynamic, export-led economy, a young
and well-educated population, world-leading universities and
research, and a thriving arts and cultural sector.
The modern Republic of Ireland is known for its openness to
business and trade and its attractive, enterprising business
culture. The Irish economy has recovered its health after the
global financial crisis and is currently the fastest growing
economy in Europe1 .
Ireland’s international outlook and low rate of corporation tax
make it an attractive outpost for a number of multinational
companies, among them the pharmaceutical heavyweights
Pfizer and Allergan and the technology giants Google, Apple,
Facebook, Amazon, Twitter and Microsoft. Ireland is the second
largest exporter of computer and IT services in the world and
also trades extensively in medicines and medical equipment,
electrical machinery, aircraft, chemicals, and food products.
With one of the most educated workforces in the world, the
share of 25-to-34-year-olds with a third-level qualification in
Ireland currently stands at 52%, compared with the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
average of 43%. The Republic is home to seven public
universities and a number of other higher education
institutions; the four highest-ranked Irish universities are in the
top 300 globally.
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Dublin
Dublin is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland and sits on
the estuary of the River Liffey, on the country’s east coast.
Home to 1.3 million people, Dublin benefits from a dynamic
economy, world-class universities, exceptional heritage, a
thriving arts and cultural sector, an attractive and varied retail
offering, and a vibrant night-life.
Tourists are drawn to the city by a number of historic and
modern landmarks, including the medieval Dublin Castle,
three branches of the National Museum of Ireland, the
National Gallery of Ireland, the neo-classical Custom House
Building, and the city’s three cathedrals. A particular draw for
both residents and visitors is the Guinness Storehouse –
Ireland’s most popular tourist attraction – along with the
venerable Old Library at Trinity College.
Part One Context
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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
County Council
UCD’s Belfield Campus is predominantly located within Dún
Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, one of four County
Councils that form the Dublin Region, with the whole of the
Entrance Precinct Masterplan area located within the County.
The County covers an area of some 127 sq km and serves a
population of over 215,000. UCD is both a major contributor
into the County’s local economy and the County’s economic
output, as well as being the single largest employer in the
County, with some 4,000 employees.
The County is the local planning authority for UCD, as well as
having a responsibility for housing and community, roads and
transportation, development, amenity and culture and the
environment within the County.
Part One Context
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Project Details 49
Procurement
UCD will require the winning team to provide full design team
services as outlined in this brief, and the Scope of Services
appendix to the Stage Two document the Competition
Conditions. Although UCD anticipates using the winning
team, it is not bound to use all members proposed by the
winning team.
Winning the competition does not guarantee appointment, but
it should be emphasised that it is the intention that it will do so.
It is anticipated that UCD will enter into contract with the lead
consultant, who will sub-contract all other consultancies.
The draft form of contract is also included as an appendix to
the Competition Conditions. It is anticipated that the contract
will be The Standard Conditions of Engagement for
Consultancy Services (Technical) as published by the Office of
Government Procurement with UCD amendments. It should
be noted that it is expected that sub-consultants to the Lead
Consultancy will enter into industry standard collateral
warranties with UCD.
UCD reserves the right to amend this Search Statement
and the Competition Conditions at any time. Amendments
to the Search Statement will be published on the competition
website. For the avoidance of doubt, this will not be
imposed unreasonably.
Part Two Project Details
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Scope of Services
In summary the Scope of Services is in three parts:
• Immediately following the competition the team will be
contracted to develop a feasibility stage masterplan report
for the Entrance Precinct Masterplan and a brief
development and preliminary design stage report for the
Centre for Creative Design project. These works are
anticipated to take between six to nine months.
• The team will then provide a full Scope of Services for
the Centre for Creative Design building and related
landscape and public realm works. A budget of €48 million
(inclusive of VAT and professional fees) has been identified
for these works.
Part Two Project Details
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Insurance Requirements
Competitors should also note that, should they be
successful, they must be willing to obtain the following levels
of insurance:
• Employer’s Liability Insurance: €13 million
(maximum permitted excess €35,000)
• Public Liability Insurance: €6.5 million
(maximum permitted excess €0)
• Professional Indemnity Insurance: €6.5 million
(for each and every claim, maximum permitted excess €0)
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Part Two
Competition Details 53
Competition Management
Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC), an independent expert
organiser of design competitions with over twenty years’
experience, will lead and administer a two-stage competition
on behalf of University College Dublin (UCD). This will result in
the selection of a winning team, who it is anticipated will be
appointed to develop their design and to deliver the project.
The two-stage design competition is comprised of:
Stage One:
This is an international call for participation that is aimed at
attracting technically competent and professional teams to
submit an Expression of Interest in the competition, as
described in this document. A shortlist of five teams will be
selected to move to Stage Two. Successful and unsuccessful
teams will be contacted by MRC prior to the start of Stage Two.
Stage Two:
The shortlisted teams will be required to produce a concept
design, based on the detailed information provided in the
Competition Conditions and its appendices. The teams will
be invited to a site visit and seminar in Dublin in late April 2018
and a mid-competition charrette may be held (at the
discretion of UCD) in early May. A Peer Review Panel will
review the entries and the Jury will conduct interviews to
select a winner.
An honorarium of €40,000 will be awarded, following the
selection of the winner, to each shortlisted team who submits
a compliant tender at Stage Two of the competition.
Part Two Competition Details
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Questions
All enquiries relating to the competition should be addressed
to Malcolm Reading Consultants, the independent
competition organisers appointed to manage the process.
During the competition, no contact in relation to this project
should be made with UCD, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County
Council, the National Transport Authority or members of the
competition Jury. Failure to comply with this restriction may
compromise your position within the competition.
Questions should be emailed to:
futurecampusucd@malcolmreading.co.uk.
A question and answer log will be compiled and uploaded to
the website on a weekly basis. Questions received before
14:00 GMT on a Wednesday will be addressed in the Q&A log
on a Friday.
Part Two Competition Details
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Conflict of Interest
Competitors should declare any actual or potential conflict
of interest concerning the commercial, financial or other
interests of UCD, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council,
the National Transport Authority or members of the
competition Jury which may compromise the conduct of
this procurement exercise and/or the performance of the
contract, as requested in Q3.C.9 of the ESPD.
If competitors are satisfied that there are no such conflicts of
interest they must answer ‘no’ to Q3.C.9 of the ESPD.
UCD reserves the right to reject responses from applicants
where a conflict of interest is viewed as affecting either or
both of the conduct of this procurement or the performance
of the contract. Competitors are under a continuing
obligation to notify the competition organisers, MRC, if
circumstances change during this procurement process and
any statements given during this procurement process
become untrue.
The conflict of interest clause is intended to protect the
integrity of the process. A prospective competitor will be
deemed to have a conflict of interest if they have access to
information or a relationship with a member of the Jury, or an
employee of UCD, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
and the National Transport Authority directly involved with
this project, that would or could unduly influence the process.
Non-Collusion
In order to ensure the competition is conducted in an
equitable manner, competitors are under a continuing
obligation to comply with the conditions as set out in this
Search Statement document.
Part Two Competition Details
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Permissions
UCD and MRC reserve the right to make use of all
presentation materials submitted in any future publication
about the competition, exhibition or website. Any use will be
properly credited to the competitor and the competitor
warrants that the material submitted comprises solely their
own work or that of any member of a team submitting a
response. This non-exclusive licence is irrevocable, shall
survive the competitor’s exit from the tendering process, and
is royalty-free.
Language
The official language of the competition is English. All entries
must be in English, including all additional information.
Financial Data
Any financial data provided must be submitted in, or converted
into, Euros. Where official documents include financial data
in a foreign currency, a Euro equivalent must be provided.
Insurance of Entries
UCD and MRC will take reasonable steps to protect and care
for entries but neither organisation will insure the proposals
at any time. Competitors are urged to maintain a complete
record of their full entries and be able to make this available
at any time should adverse circumstances require this.
Part Two Competition Details
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Deviations
Only submissions that meet the mandatory requirements as
outlined in this document will be considered. Additional
information or supplementary material, unless specifically
called for in subsequent communication, will not be
considered by the assessors.
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Competition Publicity
Competitors should note that any or all of the materials
submitted during any stage of the competition may be used
for publicity purposes. This includes, but is not limited to, a
public exhibition of the shortlisted competitors’ design
concepts, an online gallery of the shortlisted design
concepts, and media releases relating to the competition or
project in a more general sense.
Competition Documentation
None of the information in this Search Statement, or in the
Competition Conditions shall, pending formal execution of a
contract, constitute a contract or part of a contract between
UCD and any competitor.
No legal relationship or other obligation shall arise between
any competitor and UCD unless and until a contract has
been formally executed in writing by UCD and the winning
competitor and any conditions precedent to the
effectiveness of such documents have been fulfilled.
Part Two Competition Details
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Stage One
Competition launched Thursday 22 February
Deadline for questions 14:00 GMT Wednesday 14 March
Deadline for submissions 14:00 BST Monday 26 March
Stage Two
Tender stage launched Early to Mid-April
Shortlist announced Early to Mid-April
Site visit Late April (TBC)
Mid-competition charrette Early to Mid-May (TBC)
Final submissions by shortlisted teams 14:00 BST Wednesday 20 June
Jury Day Early to Mid-July (TBC)
Winner announced Early August (earliest)
Tax Clearance
All members of the winning team will be required to hold a
valid Tax Clearance Certificate which states that their tax
affairs are in order with the Irish Tax and Customs Revenue.
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Part Two How to Enter
How 61
to Enter
Deadline for Expressions of Interest
Expressions of Interest will be received up to
14:00 BST Monday 26 March 2018.
Please ensure that your Expression of Interest is submitted no
later than the appointed time. UCD will not consider your
submission if it is received after the deadline.
How to Submit
Submissions for Stage One of this competition will be received
electronically via the upload form on the competition website:
competitions.malcolmreading.com/universitycollegedublin/enter
Competitors should read and take note of the Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQs) associated with the online form.
Please note the form will close automatically after the deadline
on 14:00 BST Monday 26 March 2018. It will not be possible to
accept entries after the deadline.
Please allow adequate time when uploading your submission.
Upon completion of the upload, the form will display a screen
indicating your upload reference number. Please keep a
separate record of this reference number and quote this in any
correspondence regarding your submission. If this reference
number is not displayed, your upload has not been successful.
You should receive an automatic email confirming receipt of
your entry within two hours. If this is not received, please firstly
check your spam folder, and only then email:
futurecampusucd@malcolmreading.co.uk.
Please note: Competitors are responsible for ensuring their
submission has been received.
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Part Two
Submission 63
Requirements
Competitors are required to respond to this Search
Statement by completing all submission requirements as
detailed below. Where appropriate, your response should be
both well written and highly visual. Where a competitor
departs from the requirements or is ambiguous, UCD may, at
its discretion seek clarification and/or further information
from a competitor in relation to its submission; and/or reject
a submission due to a failure to provide sufficient detail or
adequate explanation.
Responses should be in electronic format only – submitted
via the online submission form:
competitions.malcolmreading.com/universitycollegedublin/enter
Please refer to the Evaluation Criteria section for the
scoring approach.
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Evaluation 69
Criteria
The exclusion provisions of Regulation 57 of the Republic of
Ireland’s S.I. No. 284/2016 European Union (Award of Public
Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 will apply. Competitors
who submit an Expression of Interest that meets the mandatory
requirements as outlined in this document will be scored in
accordance with the selection criteria set out below.
Summary
Total Score available Weighting
Criteria for this section (of total submission)
1. ESPD Not scored – 0
Pass/fail as above
2. Relevant Experience
A 10* 15%
B 10* 15%
C 10* 15%
D 10* 5%
E 10* 10%
F 10* 10%
3. Team Composition 10* 30%
(Relevant Skills)
4. Media Statement Not scored – 0
for information only
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Appendices 71