Official UK procurement notice
Land at Maygood Street N1
Authority: London Borough of Islington (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSite
Land at Maygood Street is council owned and, subject to consent from the Secretary of State for change of use from education, has potential for the development of new homes.
The site is located on Maygood Street in the Barnsbury Ward. It is situated in a
predominantly residential area next to the Old and New Barnsbury Estates and the
Half Moon Crescent Estate. It has excellent transport links and access to local
amenities which make is suitable for residential development.
Scope
The council is seeking a delivery partner to develop a planning compliant 100% housing scheme (50% affordable, 50% market) on the Maygood Street site. The council’s risk will be limited to the value of the land.
The council seeks to ascertain if this opportunity is of interest to the market.
Type of agreement
The agreement will either be a Development Agreement or land transaction (Agreement to Lease
Length of lease
Length of lease will be 250 years.
Estimated value
Seeking to maximise a capital receipt for the land. The total scheme costs are estimated to be in the region of £60m.
Procurement route
Via open tender (Competitive Flexible Procedure)
The contract will be procured using the competitive flexible procedure in a two-stage process
comparable to the restricted procedure. The first stage will involve assessing organisations
through a Procurement Selection Questionnaire (PSQ), with all submissions subject to minimum
requirements as stated in the PSQ. The second stage will be an evaluation of tenders submitted
by bidders who are selected at the PSQ stage.
Site visits
No site visits offered.
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Sept 2025, 12:49 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2025, 12:49 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060478- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a3faFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
29 Sept 2025 → 16 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published397 days ago29 Sept 2025, 12:49 BST
- Market engagement377 days ago19 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Site
Land at Maygood Street is council owned and, subject to consent from the Secretary of State for change of use from education, has potential for the development of new homes.
The site is located on Maygood Street in the Barnsbury Ward. It is situated in a
predominantly residential area next to the Old and New Barnsbury Estates and the
Half Moon Crescent Estate. It has excellent transport links and access to local
amenities which make is suitable for residential development.
Scope
The council is seeking a delivery partner to develop a planning compliant 100% housing scheme (50% affordable, 50% market) on the Maygood Street site. The council’s risk will be limited to the value of the land.
The council seeks to ascertain if this opportunity is of interest to the market.
Type of agreement
The agreement will either be a Development Agreement or land transaction (Agreement to Lease
Length of lease
Length of lease will be 250 years.
Estimated value
Seeking to maximise a capital receipt for the land. The total scheme costs are estimated to be in the region of £60m.
Procurement route
Via open tender (Competitive Flexible Procedure)
Site visits
No site visits offered.
- Tender notice expected334 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts230 days ago16 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Sept 2025, 12:49 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender