Official UK procurement notice
Estate Buildings Residential Development, Huddersfield
Authority: Kirklees Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Huddersfield Blueprint is a ten-year vision to create a thriving, modern-day town centre. The vision for Huddersfield is that it will be a busy, family-friendly town centre that stays open for longer with a unique culture, arts and leisure offer and a variety of thriving businesses. The scale of investment and transformation, including high quality, innovative culture, arts and leisure offers will improve the attractiveness of the town centre as a place to live, providing new opportunities for residential development. Estate Buildings is located in the heart of the town centre and forms part of Station Gateway area, one of the six key areas to be regenerated through the Huddersfield Blueprint.
Kirklees Council is presenting an exciting opportunity to convert and acquire Estate Buildings, a listed and historically significant property in Huddersfield Town Centre, for residential use. Most of the property is Grade II* listed with nos. 3-7 Station Street being Grade II listed.
The Council is seeking a developer with proven experience in regenerating historic buildings for residential use, as well as an awareness of the associated risks and complexities.
The Council's vision is for Estate Buildings to be an aspirational place to live within the Town Centre. The homes delivered as part of this contract will be high quality, beautiful, spacious, energy efficient, and safe, and the development will foster a strong sense of place and community. It is expected that any housing units provided meet or surpass Nationally Described Space Standards.
In terms of housing mix and tenure, the Council is open to all proposals from bidders so long as they help to achieve the Council's Blueprint ambition of providing a high-quality housing offer that could potentially attract new residents in the Town Centre, in particular recent graduates of Huddersfield University and young professionals wishing to commute to larger, neighbouring city centres.
The successful developer will be required to submit a funding application, develop a complete design for the conversion of the asset into a residential property (apartments), obtain planning and listed building consents and complete the construction of the works following receipt of the appropriate level of funding for the development.
The contract for this requirement will be structured into three stages, ensuring the Council have control of the asset throughout the delivery phase up until the practical completion of the construction stage. These stages are, Option Agreement, Building Lease and Transfer of the Freehold.
The Council is following the Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) under the Procurement Act 2023 to maximise supplier engagement and allow for a more focused procurement process. There will be a two-stage process under this route to market. The Council are initially advertising the procurement opportunity with site and scope information and Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) including Conditions of Participation. This stage requires interested parties to submit a qualification response form. The Council intends on using this stage to shortlist a maximum of 3 bidders through a compliance, financial and quality evaluation (further information is available in the tender documentation).
Bidders shortlisted will be invited to participate in stage 2, with the Invitation to Submit Final Tenders (ISFT) for their proposal of delivering the requirements on the site. The submission will be evaluated based on the evaluation criteria listed in the procurement documentation identified in the initial Invitation to Tender.
- How the procedure runs: Tender Stage 1: Step 1 - Completeness and Compliance Checks Step 2 - Excluded and Excludable Suppliers Step 3 - Conditions of Participation Step 4 - Quality Assessment (Project Specific Questions) Step 5 - Identification of Shortlisted Bidders (Top 3 ranked following Step 4 assessment) Step 6 - Shortlisted Supplier Due Diligence (1) Step 7 - Shortlisted Supplier Due Diligence (2) Step 8 - Notification of Tender Stage One Outcome Tender Stage 2 (Invitation to Submit Final Tenders 'ISFT'): At tender stage two, the three shortlisted bidders shortlisted from tender stage one will be invited to submit a final tender. Assessment of the final tender will follow the below process: Step 1: Completeness and Compliance Checks Step 2: Re-assessment of Excluded and Excludable Suppliers Step 3: Quality and Social Value Approach Assessment Step 4: Identification of Highest Ranked Bidder Step 5: Due Diligence Step 6: Award and De-briefing (shortlisted suppliers notified of outcome) Tender Stage one will be assessed in line with the description included in the Award Criteria section of this tender notice. Assessment will be undertaken of bidders responses to the Project Specific Questions to identify the top 3 ranked bidders for the Council's shortlist. Tender Stage two will be assessed in line with the following heading criteria: Quality - 90%, consisting of; Q1.1 Approach to Delivery of the Design Phase of the Requirement (20%); Q1.2 Approach to Delivery of the Construction Phase of the Requirement (20%); Q1.3 Organogram and Delivery Team (10%); Q2.1 Programme (10%); Q3.1 Development Appraisal and Viability (15%); Q3.2 Funding Strategy (15%) Social Value - 10%, consisting of; Quantitative Social Value Proposal (5%); Qualitative Social Value Proposal (5%) The criteria for tender stage 2 assessment will be reconfirmed in the Invitation to Submit Final Tenders as part of the second tender stage. Weightings and heading criteria will not change ahead of second stage advertisement.
CPV: Construction work · Development of residential real estate
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£11,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Tender respondents will be assessed on their financial suitability as part of the stage one procurement process.
In line with the Invitation to tender and the Procurement Specification Questionnaire, bidders will be required to provide any one of the documents listed in questions 15(a) to 15(c)(ii) of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire in order to demonstrate financial standing as required under question 15. Failure to supply any one of the documents listed in questions 15(a) to 15(c)(ii) with a tender return may result in exclusion.
As identified in Part 3 (3a) of the 2) Estate Buildings [CFP - PSQ] Tenderer Submission - Tender Stage One document, responses to questions 15a to 15c will be subject to a financial evaluation to confirm financial suitability to undertake the requirements identified in this tender exercise. If a bidder identifies as part of their response to question 17 that they are relying on another supplier to act as a parent company guarantor, then the Council will undertake a financial evaluation of the accounts provided to the extent that has been identified below.
The financial evaluation will consider s response to question 15a to 15c (and question 17, where appropriate) with an evaluation of the metrics identified below being undertaken, using the identified formula for each metric.
Operating Margin, Operating Profit ÷ Revenue
Minimum Threshold - ≥5%
Cash Held / Net Debt, Cash & Equivalents ÷ Net Debt Minimum Threshold - Positive ratio
Net Interest Cover, EBIT ÷ Net Interest Paid
Minimum Threshold - ≥2.5x
Acid Test Ratio (Current Assets - Inventory) ÷ Current Liabilities
Minimum Threshold - ≥1.0
Net Asset Value Total Assets - Total Liabilities Minimum Threshold - Positive for the 2 years' worth of information provided
Creditsafe Credit Rating Assessment
Minimum Threshold - 49<
Bidders will not be scored or ranked as part of the financial evaluation undertaken. Instead, bidders are required to meet the minimum threshold for all identified above. In the event that a bidder does not meet the minimum threshold identified for any (or all) of the metrics, the Council will allow the bidder to provide justification as to the reason why. Any request for further information for this justification will be communicated by the Council via the 'messaging' function on the YORtender portal.
Any answers to Questions 15a to 15c and 17 which lead the Authority, acting reasonably, to conclude (considering the risk that the relevant answer suggests about your ability to properly perform the Contract) that it would be inappropriate to select your organisation on this occasion, may result in your exclusion from the remainder of the procurement process.
The Council also require the following minimum levels of insurance be in place at the point of contract award:
Employers Liability Insurance: £10,000,000
Public Liability Insurance: £10,000,000
Professional Indemnity Insurance: £5,000,000
Contractor's All Risks Insurance: £15,000,000
Non-negligence Insurance: £10,000,000
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 (1)
- Tender Stage One - Quality Criteria: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Tender Stage One - Quality Criteria: Q1 Approach to Design and Construction in the Conversion of a Heritage Building to Housing Q2 Approach to Risk Management Q3 Sub-Contract Management Processes Q4 Delivering Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
Tender respondents will be assessed on their financial suitability as part of the stage one procurement process.
In line with the Invitation to tender and the Procurement Specification Questionnaire, bidders will be required to provide any one of the documents listed in questions 15(a) to 15(c)(ii) of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire in order to demonstrate financial standing as required under question 15. Failure to supply any one of the documents listed in questions 15(a) to 15(c)(ii) with a tender return may result in exclusion.
As identified in Part 3 (3a) of the 2) Estate Buildings [CFP - PSQ] Tenderer Submission - Tender Stage One document, responses to questions 15a to 15c will be subject to a financial evaluation to confirm financial suitability to undertake the requirements identified in this tender exercise. If a bidder identifies as part of their response to question 17 that they are relying on another supplier to act as a parent company guarantor, then the Council will undertake a financial evaluation of the accounts provided to the extent that has been identified below.
The financial evaluation will consider s response to question 15a to 15c (and question 17, where appropriate) with an evaluation of the metrics identified below being undertaken, using the identified formula for each metric.
Operating Margin, Operating Profit ÷ Revenue
Minimum Threshold - ≥5%
Cash Held / Net Debt, Cash & Equivalents ÷ Net Debt …
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
- 5 Sept 2025, 12:48 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Mar 2026, 16:09 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
KMCHG-029- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-013612- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0594ddFind a Tender
- How it runs
Tender Stage 1:
Step 1 - Completeness and Compliance Checks
Step 2 - Excluded and Excludable Suppliers
Step 3 - Conditions of Participation
Step 4 - Quality Assessment (Project Specific Questions)
Step 5 - Identification of Shortlisted Bidders (Top 3 ranked following Step 4 assessment)
Step 6 - Shortlisted Supplier Due Diligence (1)
Step 7 - Shortlisted Supplier Due Diligence (2)
Step 8 - Notification of Tender Stage One Outcome
Tender Stage 2 (Invitation to Submit Final Tenders 'ISFT'):
At tender stage two, the three shortlisted bidders shortlisted from tender stage one will be invited to submit a final tender. Assessment of the final tender will follow the below process:
Step 1: Completeness and Compliance Checks
Step 2: Re-assessment of Excluded and Excludable Suppliers
Step 3: Quality and Social Value Approach Assessment
Step 4: Identification of Highest Ranked Bidder
Step 5: Due Diligence
Step 6: Award and De-briefing (shortlisted suppliers notified of outcome)
Tender Stage one will be assessed in line with the description included in the Award Criteria section of this tender notice. Assessment will be undertaken of bidders responses to the Project Specific Questions to identify the top 3 ranked bidders for the Council's shortlist.
Tender Stage two will be assessed in line with the following heading criteria:
Quality - 90%, consisting of;
Q1.1 Approach to Delivery of the Design Phase of the Requirement (20%);
Q1.2 Approach to Delivery of the Construction Phase of the Requirement (20%);
Q1.3 Organogram and Delivery Team (10%);
Q2.1 Programme (10%);
Q3.1 Development Appraisal and Viability (15%);
Q3.2 Funding Strategy (15%)
Social Value - 10%, consisting of;
Quantitative Social Value Proposal (5%);
Qualitative Social Value Proposal (5%)
The criteria for tender stage 2 assessment will be reconfirmed in the Invitation to Submit Final Tenders as part of the second tender stage. Weightings and heading criteria will not change ahead of second stage advertisement.
- Risks
Please note Known Risks have been assessed as part of this procurement and in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, the Council reserves the right to modify this contract where such changes meet the criteria for permitted modifications under Section 74 and Schedule 8 of the Act. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Site Investigation & Surveys - Missing, outdated or inaccurate surveys may require updated surveys to be undertaken.
- Additional Works - Additional works might be required on the back of further site investigation/surveys.
- Hazardous Materials - Such as Asbestos is high risk in existing structures and is ever-present in construction work. Further work might be required as a result of Hazardous materials being present on site.
Any such modifications shall be undertaken in compliance with the permitted grounds set out in Section 74 and Schedule 8 of the Act, including but not limited to modifications arising from unforeseeable circumstances or the materialisation of a known risk.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Bidders are required to access and respond to this tender opportunity via the YORtender portal. This can be accessed via - yortender.eu-supply.com ↗
To provide a response to this tender opportunity, an organisation must sign up to the YORTender portal (this can be done free of charge).
Timeline
5 Sept 2025 → 1 Feb 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published5 Sept 2025, 12:48 BST
- Market engagement396 days ago26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Responses to this Preliminary Market Engagement are required by 12noon on Friday 26th September 2025.
Kirklees Council are seeking market feedback on the upcoming Estate Buildings Residential Development opportunity. The Council wish to engage with the market via a market feedback questionnaire.
Organisations are required to access and respond to the Preliminary Market Engagement document. This can be accessed via the Council's tendering portal - yortender.eu-supply.com ↗
To provide a response to this Preliminary Market Engagement, an organisation must sign up to the YORTender portal (this can be done free of charge). Responses must be submitted via the YORTender portal.
- Next notice expected288 days ago12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published256 days ago13 Feb 2026, 16:36 GMT
- Latest notice published224 days ago17 Mar 2026, 16:09 GMT
- Submission deadline216 days ago25 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by57 days ago31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 95 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Sept 2025, 12:48 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published13 Feb 2026, 16:36 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £11,000,00013 Feb 2026, 16:36 GMTwas £8,000,000
- Status changed to active13 Feb 2026, 16:36 GMT
- Procurement method changed13 Feb 2026, 16:36 GMT
- Deadline published: 18 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT13 Feb 2026, 16:36 GMT
- Tender notice published17 Mar 2026, 16:09 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 25 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT17 Mar 2026, 16:09 GMT+7 days · was 18 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
Published amendments (1)
A one (1) week Tender extension to the submission deadline has been authorised. The new tender submission deadline is now the 25th March 2026.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents are available free of charge from YORtender at the following Website; https://yortender.eu-supply.com/ Bidders may be required to sign up to the YORtender portal to provide a tender response. This can be done free of charge.
Notices 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