Design competition for restructuring-extension of towers C and D, chronic disease units 2026 Tender

Original: Architectural services for buildings – Concours de maitrise d'oeuvre pour la restructuration-extension des tours C & D en vue de la réorganisation des activités "maladies chroniques"

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes

About this tender

The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes is procuring architectural and engineering design services (maîtrise d'œuvre) through a design competition (concours) for the restructuring and extension of towers C and D at the Carémeau Nord site. The works aim to improve hotel-level comfort (more than 66% individual rooms, full PRM accessibility of all rooms), optimise capacity toward 24 complete-stay beds per department, and regroup chronic-disease medicine services (metabolic and endocrine diseases, internal medicine, and rheumatology) in one building complex. The project also includes rehabilitating up to four standardised inpatient units on R+2 and R+3 of towers C and D, and building an extension of tower C to house the related tertiary offices. A separate scope covers external thermal insulation and façade renovation of towers A, B, C and D. The works are to be carried out on an occupied site, with activity maintained by using level 3 of these buildings, which is currently vacant, as a decanting zone. The stated works envelope is €11,000,000 excluding VAT. This figure is the estimated cost of the works, not the design fee, so it is recorded as the ceiling value for the contract only as a reference point. The design contract covers mission phases DIAG, APS, APD, PRO, ACT, partial EXE, VISA, DET and AOR, with SSI as a complementary mission. The total expected duration of the design contract, including the year of perfect completion (AOR) and any later complementary missions, is estimated at 45 months.

Bidder eligibility

The design team must include, at minimum, a lead architect (mandataire) who is either a DPLG-qualified architect or holds HMONP authorisation to practise maîtrise d'œuvre in their own name. The team must also include competent technical design offices covering: structure, fluids/thermal, VRD (site networks), construction economics (économiste de la construction), and CFO/CFA (ensuring compliance with accessibility and fire-safety design rules). In a joint bid, one member may cover several of these competences. No financial thresholds, prior-experience references, or registration requirements are stated in the provided text.

Key requirements

• ✓Full architectural and engineering services (DIAG, APS, APD, PRO, ACT, EXE phases) for hospital building restructuring-extension
• ✓External thermal insulation (ITE) retrofit and facade treatment of four towers (A, B, C, D)
• ✓Design for 66%+ single-occupancy rooms, full PMR accessibility, and 24-bed standardised hospitalisation units
• ✓Project delivery in occupied site with maintained operational activity using phased approach
• ✓Budget: €11M HT; completion by 2026-11-30

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Sustainable buildings funding covers low-energy new build, deep retrofit, building performance data and healthier indoor environments. Public owners procure design and works through tenders, while grants support innovation and community schemes. Bids are usually judged on measured performance, cost and delivery experience in occupied buildings.