Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of a Development Partner for the Sutton Civic and Town Centre Regeneration
Authority: London Borough of Sutton (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Sutton sought a development partner to enter into an agreement for the delivery of the redevelopment of the St Nicholas Shopping Centre, Secombe Theatre, Gibson Road Car Park and Civic Centre sites, collectively known as ‘Sutton Civic and Town Centre Regeneration’ including construction of a new Civic Hub for the Council
The Council has resolved to discontinue the procurement process on the basis that the proposals for the overall scheme, including the Council’s new Civic Hub, are unaffordable to the Council.
CPV: Building consultancy services · Construction consultancy services · Construction management services · Construction work · Development of non-residential real estate · Sale of non-residential estate · Supervision of building work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The London Borough of Sutton sought the appointment of a development partner for the…CancelledPublished value£500,000,000
The London Borough of Sutton sought the appointment of a development partner for the redevelopment of four sites in the centre of Sutton as part of the Council’s overall regeneration plans for Sutton Town Centre.
The Council has resolved to discontinue the procurement process on the basis that the proposals for the overall scheme, including the Council’s new Civic Hub, are unaffordable to the Council.
The affordability of the project was originally based on the cost of constructing the civic hub being funded by the capital receipts of the surplus land for residential development, alongside revenue savings from the reduction in space and additional income from the town centre assets. Any increase to the costs of constructing the civic hub would require increased borrowing and therefore impact the Council’s revenue budget, requiring savings to be made elsewhere within the Council. The Council considers that the additional costs identified from work carried out to date with the developer, and the risk of further cost increases, results in the scheme proposals being unaffordable to the Council.
It would not be prudent for the Council to proceed to enter into a development agreement with the developer for an unaffordable project with this level of cost risk and therefore the procurement process is discontinued.
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 55
- Price: 45
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive dialogue
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Oct 2023, 09:48 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jan 2026, 08:44 GMT
- Authority reference
DN690512- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001263- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040b3cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
17 Nov 2023 → 8 Jan 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline17 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected8 Dec 2023
- Notice published293 days ago8 Jan 2026, 08:44 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled8 Jan 2026, 08:44 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of England and WalesReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria