2026 Development Agreement Opportunity

The purpose of the pre-market consultation is to gain an understanding of the approach of the market to several pertinent questions that will help Southwark Council to inform and optimise the design of the forthcoming procurement.

At this stage, any information gathered may be used to support the design of the procurement process and associated opportunity but will not be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this pre-market consultation exercise shall not prevent any provider participating in any potential procurement process, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any provider at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process.

The themes that the council welcomes market views are:

1. Demolition Approach
2. Site Survey
3. Working on Educational Land Sites
4. Guarantees
5. Site Grouping
6. Affordable Housing Delivery
7. Building Safety Act

Organisations interested in participating in the pre-market engagement should contact the Contracting Authority at 2026_DA@southwark.gov.uk to request further information. All those interested are encouraged to contact the Contracting Authority at their earliest convenience, but by no later than 17:00 on the 22nd of November. The form of the pre-market engagement will be face-to-face discussion sessions held in hybrid.

The resulting procurement will be advertised separately, this notice is solely to advertise the pre-market engagement.

Lot A consists of four sites in the Peckham, Old Kent Road and Camberwell Green wards of the Borough for the Lot A Partner to fund, design, develop and undertake sales activity for via the Development Agreement.

Details of the sites forming each of the Lots are detailed in the Descriptive Document. Applicants should note that a single pool of Pipeline Sites also falls within scope of the overall procurement. The Council reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to bring forward any or all of the Pipeline Sites in either Lot, and to offer those sites to the developer who has been successful in either Lot. There is a single pool of Pipeline Sites and Applicants should note that it remains at the Council's sole discretion to which (if any) of the Lots those Pipeline Sites may be offered. For the avoidance of doubt, there is no guarantee that any or all of the Pipeline Sites will be offered to either developer in either Lot A or Lot B during the course of the development programme. Where a developer is offered a Pipeline Site and the developer chooses to opt to include that Pipeline Site as part of the programme, the Pipeline Site will become subject to the terms of the Development Agreement. Taking forward any of the “Pipeline Sites” will be subject to council decision-making processes which have not yet been completed. This includes taking account of the outcomes of any resident ballots.

The estimated value of Lot A excluding any pipeline sites is set out in II.2.6.

The estimated value of the optional pipelines sites is £391,606,372 (GDV) Additional information: The Council anticipates that it will shortlist the three highest scoring Applicants to participate in Dialogue. However, where the identity of the shortlisted Applicants across both Lots 1 and 2 are the same, the Council reserves the right at its sole discretion to shortlist the fourth highest scoring Applicant in each Lot.

Lot B consists of three sites in the Rotherhithe and North Bermondsey wards of the Borough for the Lot B Partner to fund, design, develop and undertake sales activity for via the Development Agreement.

Details of the sites forming each of the Lots are detailed in the Descriptive Document. Applicants should note that a single pool of Pipeline Sites also falls within scope of the overall procurement. The Council reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to bring forward any or all of the Pipeline Sites in either Lot, and to offer those sites to the developer who has been successful in either Lot. There is a single pool of Pipeline Sites and Applicants should note that it remains at the Council's sole discretion to which (if any) of the Lots those Pipeline Sites may be offered. For the avoidance of doubt, there is no guarantee that any or all of the Pipeline Sites will be offered to either developer in either Lot A or Lot B during the course of the development programme. Where a developer is offered a Pipeline Site and the developer chooses to opt to include that Pipeline Site as part of the programme, the Pipeline Site will become subject to the terms of the Development Agreement. Taking forward any of the “Pipeline Sites” will be subject to council decision-making processes which have not yet been completed. This includes taking account of the outcomes of any resident ballots.

The estimated value of Lot B excluding any pipeline sites is set out in II.2.6.

The estimated value of the optional pipelines sites is £391,606,372 (GDV) Additional information: The Council anticipates that it will shortlist the three highest scoring Applicants to participate in Dialogue. However, where the identity of the shortlisted Applicants across both Lots A and B are the same, the Council reserves the right at its sole discretion to shortlist the fourth highest scoring Applicant in each Lot.