The winning integrated consultant team will draw up plans to transform and enhance the streetscape of Tomb Street, Little Patrick Street, Gamble Street, Donegall Quay and surrounding areas beneath the busy motorway bridge which opened in 1995.The project aims to reconnect the historic city centre with the waterfront, to improve connections by delivering new quality active travel corridors and open spaces, to unlock housing-led regeneration opportunities in the wider area, and to provide quality leisure spaces for local communities.According to the brief: As framed by the Under the Bridges enhancing the connectivity between Sailortown, City Quays and Belfast City Centre" report prepared by Belfast City Council (BCC), the ambition of this project will be to prepare highway and environmental improvements across the study area in line with the strategic direction set out in the Belfast Agenda, a Bolder Vision and the Waterfront Taskforce.AdvertisementThe M3 is a short 1.3km motorway which connects Belfasts M2 motorway to the A2 Sydenham Bypass in east Belfast. The bridge section over the River Lagan completed in the mid-1990s severing Belfast City Centre from the waterfront and surrounding communities.The latest project aims to upgrade a series of streets beneath the motorway connecting the city centre with the Belfast Harbour area. The procurement comes just five months after Belfast Harbour Commissioners launched a search for teams to join its new multidisciplinary consultancy services framework.In June this year, Choice Housing announced a search for an architect to upgrade its offices at 37-41 May Street, Belfast. Norwegian practice Snhetta and Belfasts TODD Architects unveiled the first concept images of their contest-winning 100 million Belfast Stories visitor attraction proposal last month.Bids for the latest commission will be evaluated 60 per cent on quality and 40 per cent on price. Applicants must hold employers liability insurance of 10 million, public liability insurance of 10 million and professional indemnity insurance of 2 million.Competition detailsProject title Integrated Consultancy Team for Under The Bridge Public RealmClientContract value 5 millionFirst round deadline Midday, 24 January 2025Restrictions TbcMore information https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039381-2024