The winning team selected for the estimated 4.75 million contract will draw up plans for a new 10,350m flexible teaching complex on universitys Derry-Londonderry campus.The project will deliver a new teaching block for the universitys medical students which are currently hosted within an interim facility. Alongside seminar, teaching, laboratory and office space the new building will also feature flexible accommodation able to host larger student cohorts in the future.According to the brief: The new SoM Teaching Block will provide teaching accommodation to enable the current annual cohort of medical students to move out of the existing interim refurbished accommodation on campus.AdvertisementA schedule of accommodation has been developed in consultation with key stakeholders and partners in the SoM for this purpose, and includes a mixture of seminar, teaching, laboratory, office, meeting and collaborative space, as well as some limited research space.Derry is Northern Irelands second largest city, with 85,000 inhabitants. In April 2019, Hamilton Architects was selected to design a landmark 1.1 million visitor information centre inside a former Ulster Bank premises in Waterloo Place overlooking the citys historic walls.Founded in 1984, the University of Ulster is multi-campus public research university with more than 32,000 students. Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios completed a new city centre campus for the university in Belfast last year.Derry City and Strabane District Council sought a masterplanner for a 65 million revamp of its central riverfront and walled city in 2021.The latest project is located a short distance from Wilkinson Eyres 2011 Peace Bridge connecting the east and west banks of the River Foyle. Todd Architects was selected for a new 8 million maritime museum and archive nearby in 2015.AdvertisementBids for the latest commission will be evaluated 55 per cent on quality, 10 per cent on social value and 35 per cent on price. Applicants must hold professional indemnity insurance of 10 million.Competition detailsProject title School of Medicine Phase 2 Development: New Teaching Block - Integrated Consultant TeamClientContract value 47.5 millionFirst round deadline 3pm, 15 January 2025Restrictions TbcMore information https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039506-2024