Official UK procurement notice
Competitive Land Design and Build Contract within NIHE Area Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland 15-30 Units
Authority: Woven Housing Association Ltd (Housing)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contracting Authority is seeking to appoint developers to provide land for the development of social housing. The Contracting Authority seeks land in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. In the interests of providing an efficient housing management service, the Contracting Authority will not consider Sites which provide less than 15 units or more than 30 units. Preferably units are to be delivered at a single Site, however, adjacent sites maybe considered. The Contract(s) is (are) for the provision of land for design and build contracts in Northern Ireland. Suppliers must provide the land, design, construct and ensure completion of the scheme for the Contracting Authority in accordance with the Department for Communities Housing Association Guide, the Contracting Authority’s requirements, and statutory body requirements.
- How the procedure runs: Request to Participation Stage, Invitation to Tender Stage (with option to award at this stage), potential Negotiation(s), potential Final Tender Stage.
CPV: Architectural and related services · Building construction work · Site-development work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£4,400,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Submission: 60%
- Price Submission: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Submission
- Price Submission
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 May 2026, 16:32 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2026, 15:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Sept 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-044903- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069824Find a Tender
- How it runs
Request to Participation Stage, Invitation to Tender Stage (with option to award at this stage), potential Negotiation(s), potential Final Tender Stage.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 18 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 18 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
13 May 2026 → 30 Oct 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published168 days ago13 May 2026, 16:32 BST
- Tender notice published166 days ago15 May 2026, 13:19 BST
- Clarification questions by145 days ago5 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published141 days ago9 Jun 2026, 15:54 BST
- Submission deadline132 days ago18 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by28 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 14h30 Oct 2026
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 May 2026, 16:32 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 May 2026, 08:41 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published15 May 2026, 13:19 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active15 May 2026, 13:19 BST
- Procurement method changed15 May 2026, 13:19 BST
- Tender notice published9 Jun 2026, 15:54 BSTUK4
Published amendments (2)
Amendment to details within the procurement description 'Preferably units are to be delivered at a single Site, however, adjacent sites maybe considered.'
Deadline for requests to participate has changed and has been extended until 18 June 2025.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-05: 1 release · 13 May 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender