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Published 7 May 2025, 12:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Hargrave House Development Scheme

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

WorksOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)

Planned pipeline value£5,500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 2 value updates

Tender notice expected 1 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 1 yr 4 moends 28 May 2027 · starts 2 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Established in 2016, Essex Housing has a wealth of public sector and private sector experience in residential and commercial development. From conception to completion, we have expertise in project managing complex construction projects in a political environment on an end-to-end basis. The team has a live programme of 1,033 homes and community assets across the county, around half of which are for specialist and affordable housing.

Essex County Council is procuring on behalf of Essex Housing, with the resulting contract between Essex Housing and the successful Bidder, to deliver the following construction works at

Hargrave House (based in Chelmsford, Essex) Development site, through an Open Tender Sourcing Procedure:

Demolition of two buildings on the existing site, followed by:

Construction of a new building for use by a third party charity organisation.
Construction of 10nr general needs private market houses, including associated external works, drainage, and services.

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 1 yr 4 moSME

Contract period: 2 Feb 2026 – 28 May 2027 (1 yr 4 mo)

Delivery: East of EnglandEligibility: SME eligible

45000000 Construction work

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Works
Notice status: Past planning notice
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: 7 May 2025, 12:39 BST
Last source update: 30 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST
Authority reference: EHDLLP_PL0116
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-044070
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Construction work
Delivery area: East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050dc1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

7 May 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 5 dates

Planning notice published
7 May 2025, 12:39 BST
Market engagement
2 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
The Market Engagement Information Pack is available on the Proactis ProContract web portal.
Interested parties are invited to download and engage with this Preliminary Market Engagement by:
1. Go to: procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities ↗
2. Search for Essex County Council from the organisation list
3. Search for Project ref: DN778289 or title "EHDLLP_PL0116 Hargrave House Development Scheme"
4. Select "express interest" in this opportunity
5. Download the Market Engagement Information Pack and complete the attached questionnaire by the deadline date.
The deadline for responses is 2nd July 2025.
Important information:
This notice is not a call for competition to procure any works or services and is not published to reduce time limited for the receipt of tenders.
Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or (lack) to this notice. Nor shall a response to this notice guarantee an invitation to participate a future procurement process that Essex County Council may conduct. The Council may at its sole discretion hold further conversations with individual organisations.
Essex County Council is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party responding to this notice or any party who may participate in the market consultation exercise.
Please direct all queries through the ProContract messaging function. Anyone contacting the Council directly via email will be directed to the portal for communications.
A registered supplier account is needed to access information, but registration is free of charge. The Proactis supplier helpdesk
(www.proactis.com/uk/support-login/sup… ↗) can help with registration queries.
Please direct any technical queries to the helpdesk in the first instance, selecting the Supplier Support option on the home page.
Latest notice published
30 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST
Tender notice expected393 days ago
1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts270 days ago
2 Feb 2026

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 May 2025

Pipeline notice published
7 May 2025, 12:39 BST
UK1
Preliminary market engagement notice published
12 Jun 2025, 14:08 BST
UK2
Published value updated
12 Jun 2025, 14:08 BST
Pipeline notice published
30 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST
UK1
Published value updated
30 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST

Published amendments (1)

Contact email address has changed. All other details remain the same.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWVM-4844-NRQH County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender30 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST
Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender12 Jun 2025, 14:08 BST
Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender7 May 2025, 12:39 BST