County Council of the City and County of Cardiff and The Vale of Glamorgan Council New Housing Partnership

The Contracting Authorities are seeking the appointment of a partner for the delivery of homes on a number of sites across the two authorities. The Contracting Authorities propose to each enter into an overarching Partnership Agreements with the Developer to deliver a programme of housing.

Pursuant to the Partnership Agreements, the Contracting Authorities will, for each site, enter into a Building Contract or Development Agreement with the Developer and grant a lease / licence upon satisfaction of conditions.

The selected partner will also be required to deliver additional social value benefits as part of delivering the schemes.

As set out in the procurement documents, interested parties are invited to attend an ‘Opportunity Overview’ session held virtually. Further details including the finalised date and times will be issued as a clarification via the Contracting Authorities electronic tendering system / portal.

It should be noted that the estimated total value shown in II.1.5 is an expression of the estimated construction costs.

As described in II.2.5, price is not the only award criteria. The draft invitation to participate in competitive dialogue sets out the main criteria against which tender submissions will be evaluated (including the percentage weightings attached to each criterion). The detailed questions the Contracting Authorities will ask bidders to address in relation to each of the criteria will be confirmed at commencement of the dialogue stage. Please refer to the draft Invitation to Participate in Competitive Dialogue for further information.

The Contracting Authorities reserve the right to terminate the process at any time prior to award of contract, and do not bind themselves to accept any tender received and reserves the right to call for new tenders should they consider this necessary. Additional information: The Contracting Authorities shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any tenderer in connection with the completion and return of information requested in this contract notice or the completion or submission of any tender.