Cyril Sweett selected as advisor for Irish social housing PPP programme
The Irish National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has announced it has selected Cyril Sweett as advisor for Irish social housing PPP programme.
The NTMA launched the tender process to seek a private partner for the provision of Quantity Surveying advisory services in respect of the Social Housing PPP Programme to be procured and delivered by the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA)
The firm will have the following responsibilities, among others: project and design preparation, calculation and monitoring of costs, determining and listing of quantities in construction and the supervision of the project and documentation.
The total value of the contract is €500,000 (US$545,360).
The 2nd phase of the Government’s current PPP programme, announced by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in 2015, envisages a programme to invest €300 million in social housing and is expected to comprise:
- Development of up to 1,500 housing units as a number of ‘bundles’ of sites.
- Provision of services to the developments over a 25 year period following construction that will include the maintenance and upkeep of the housing.
- Return of the asset after 25 years in prime condition.
Sweett Group is an independent business provider of professional services for the construction and management of building and infrastructure projects. Their services include quantity surveying/cost management, project management, building surveying and a wide range of specialist and advisory services. The company operate from 29 offices internationally, delivering projects across Europe and North America.
Having been established since 1928, Sweett Group has over 85 years of extensive experience and the capability to deliver complex projects.
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