Official UK procurement notice
Low Carbon offsite construction DPS
Authority: LHC for the South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe London Housing Consortium (LHC) (acting as the Central Purchasing Body for the South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA)), are consulting on the potential establishment of a DPS Agreement for Construction of residential dwellings (including any associated community buildings and facilities) incorporating low energy offsite system across the South West. The DPS is aimed at delivering offsite housing, apartments, care homes and multi-occupancy dwellings including zero carbon solutions. This DPS application process will run in conjunction with a new digital toolkit from Constructing Modern Methods (CMM). CMM was developed as a concept in a previous piece of research funded by the Local Government Association and conducted with Bristol City Council (BCC) and Bristol Housing Festival (BHF) to understand what resources might make the widescale adoption of modern methods of construction and offsite housing solutions more feasible. The form of the DPS will be subject to a pre-tender engagement process, commencing with this PIN and is proposing to hold pretender market engagement for prospective tenders. Please note that market consultation documents will be available from 16:00 noon on the date of publication of this PIN via Procontract: procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/Adve… ↗
- Recurrence: Whilst an end date has been entered within this notice due to this being required by system settings, the advertised intention is that DPS will operate perpetually. In addition SWPA reserves the right to amend the scope and/or terminate and not renew or terminate and renew the DPS.
CPV: Construction work · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market (open)
- Market period
- 10 yrs from 27 Sept 2021
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1MicroRenewal
Lot 1 will cover projects between 1-2 units and with a Maximum Project Value of £200,000
The provision of MMC / offsite residential dwellings (including any associated community buildings and facilities) incorporating low energy systems across the South West. The DPS is aimed at delivering offsite housing, apartments, care homes and multi-occupancy dwellings including zero carbon solutions.
Lot #2SmallRenewal
Lot 2 will cover projects between 3-15 units and with a Maximum Project Value of £1,800,000
The provision of MMC / offsite residential dwellings (including any associated community buildings and facilities) incorporating low energy systems across the South West. The DPS is aimed at delivering offsite housing, apartments, care homes and multi-occupancy dwellings including zero carbon solutions.
Lot #3MediumRenewal
Lot 3 will cover projects between 16-49 units and with a Maximum Project Value of £7,000,000
The provision of MMC / offsite residential dwellings (including any associated community buildings and facilities) incorporating low energy systems across the South West. The DPS is aimed at delivering offsite housing, apartments, care homes and multi-occupancy dwellings including zero carbon solutions.
Lot #4Large & AccommodationRenewal
Lot 4 will cover projects over 50 units and with a Maximum Project Value of £10,000,000
The provision of MMC / offsite residential dwellings (including any associated community buildings and facilities) incorporating low energy systems across the South West. The DPS is aimed at delivering offsite housing, apartments, care homes and multi-occupancy dwellings including zero carbon solutions.
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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).
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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).
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- “Low Carbon offsite construction DPS” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How LHC for the South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA) buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up
LHC for the South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA) has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →
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Across this market, small firms won 60% of awards with a known supplier size.
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 20% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 110 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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Across this market, at least 20% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
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1 bid4%
2–342%
4–60%
7+54%
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Lot #1MicroCPV 4521Estimate not published
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1 bid1%
2–322%
4–649%
7+28%
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £659m18 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 2 live · £9.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 | |
| £30k2 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £33k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £7.8m2 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £28k1 award in 36m · last 14 months ago | 1 live · £28k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £64k1 award in 36m · last 9 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #2SmallCPV 4521Estimate not published
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1 bid1%
2–323%
4–648%
7+27%
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Where the award price may land.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £1.4bn61 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 live · £21m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% above n=9 | |
| £659m18 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 2 live · £9.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 | |
| £7.8m2 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 31 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| — | None on file | 16% above n=1 |
Lot #3MediumCPV 4521Estimate not published
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1 bid2%
2–323%
4–648%
7+27%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £1.4bn61 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 live · £21m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% above n=9 | |
| £659m18 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 2 live · £9.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 | |
| £7.8m2 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 31 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 30 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #4Large & AccommodationCPV 4521Estimate not published
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The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid1%
2–322%
4–649%
7+27%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £30k2 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £33k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £7.8m2 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £28k1 award in 36m · last 14 months ago | 1 live · £28k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £64k1 award in 36m · last 9 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| — | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · Whilst an end date has been entered within this notice due to this being required by system settings, the advertised intention is that DPS will operate perpetually. In addition SWPA reserves the right to amend the scope and/or terminate and not renew or terminate and renew the DPS.
- First published
- 16 Mar 2021, 14:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jun 2021, 09:16 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-014271- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029c35Find a Tender
- Performance terms
The DPS will commission social value and community benefits as central (core objectives) to the procurement of developments. Contract performance conditions will in particular concern social and environmental objectives which will vary depending upon the objectives of contracting authorities which procure via the DPS, which may include locality priorities. Measurement methodologies used will also vary.
Publisher note: South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA), the South West hub of the London Housing Consortium (LHC) Group has long standing experience in offering frameworks and other procurement solutions for the public sector and has in recent years built up a portfolio of expertise in MMC/ Offsite solutions through traditional construction and MMC Offsite frameworks (mmc.lhc.gov.uk ). Working in partnership with CMM and developing a DPS provides the opportunity for many new and emerging MMC/Offsite suppliers to engage with public sector organisations. It is hoped that these will come forward from the SW region supporting and boosting the local economy. This is a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the construction of residential dwellings (and any associated community buildings and facilities) incorporating low energy offsite systems across the South West for the public sector. The DPS is aimed at delivering offsite housing, apartments, care homes and multi-occupancy dwellings including zero carbon solutions. This DPS application process will run in conjunction with a new digital toolkit from Constructing Modern Methods (CMM). CMM was developed as a concept in a previous piece of research funded by the Local Government Association and conducted with Bristol City Council (BCC) and Bristol Housing Festival (BHF) to understand what resources might make the widescale adoption of modern methods of construction and offsite housing solutions more feasible. In April 2020, a consortium of partners led by YTKO and including BCC, BHF, BRE and 9 leading modular housing companies were awarded an innovate UK grant for their project, 'Enabling Housing Innovation for Inclusive Growth'. CMM is one of the direct outcomes of that Innovate UK project. Further information about the Innovate UK project is available here https://westofengland.ytko.com/constructing-modern-methods/ CMM offers an innovative solution to the acceleration of offsite, modular housing by allowing suppliers to bring their solutions within the DPS through a robust and quality assured database. This digital tool from CMM was designed specifically for and importantly with local authorities to provide an outcome-led procurement solution. The digital toolkit is key to achieving the projected rate of uptake in areas of MMC and offsite housing. It allows users to optioneer against a full spectrum of systems, organisations and performance options. This empowers the decision makers within local authorities, housing associations etc. at the call-off stage, helping narrow down the market to a number of possible options. These options are the confidently based on local policy and project specific criteria. Selected suppliers will then be invited to tender via a mini-competition.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 26 Sept 2031, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
31 May 2021 → 26 Sept 2031 · 5 dates- Next notice expected31 May 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published23 Jun 2021, 09:16 BST
- Contract starts27 Sept 2021, 00:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Invitations to tender expected26 Sept 2031, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown26 Sept 2031, 17:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jun 2021- Status changed to active21 Jun 2021, 15:11 BST
- Procurement method changed21 Jun 2021, 15:11 BST
- Deadline published: 26 Sept 2031, 17:00 BST21 Jun 2021, 15:11 BST
- Buyer details updated21 Jun 2021, 15:11 BST
- Buyer details updated23 Jun 2021, 09:16 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | TextII.1.4 | The London Housing Consortium (LHC) (acting as the Central Purchasing Body for the South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA)), are consulting on the potential establishment of a DPS Agreement for Construction of residential dwellings (including any associated community buildings and facilities) incorporating low energy offsite system across the South West. The DPS is aimed at delivering offsite / MMC… | LHC (acting as the Central Purchasing Body for the South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA)), are inviting applications for a DPS Agreement for Construction of residential dwellings (including any associated community buildings and facilities) incorporating low energy offsite system across the South West. The DPS is aimed at delivering offsite / MMC housing, apartments, care homes and multioccupancy… |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria