Project Halo · UK public procurement notice

• How the procedure runs: Due to the nature of the requirement and estimated value set out at 1.3, this procurement exercise is being undertaken in compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 (and as amended) (and appropriate secondary legislation). The Procedure being followed is the Competitive Flexible Procedure. The ITP documentation should be read in conjunction with the Tender Notice and any other Procurement documents which have been made available at this stage of the Procurement. The ITP includes the completion of a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and Quality Questions. The Total Weighted Score from the ITP stage will be used to rank Suppliers and determine which should be taken through to Invitation to Tender (ITT) Stage. The Council has indicated that will only take through the top 5 scoring Suppliers. The successful Contractors will be given the opportunity to take part in a single stage Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the Design and Build of the above project at Project Halo, Langtree Way, St Helens. The ITP and the associated documents are an invitation to prequalify only and do not constitute an offer to trade and the Client is not bound to conduct business on the basis of any submission received. The draft tender stage documents are provided with this ITP. These are for information only at this stage, and are subject to change before commencing ITT Stage. The draft award criteria for the ITT Stage is as follows and may be refined during the process: Quality: 20% Social Value: 10% Price: 70% Estimated/indicative timescales: Application - 29 August 2025 to 27 October 2025 5no. Suppliers to be shortlisted for the ITT Stage (in the case of a 5th place tie, all Suppliers who are ranked 5th will be taken through to the ITT stage) Tender - 27 October 2025 to 13 February 2026 As the proposed route to market is the Competitive Flexible Procedure, the Tender stage may involve site visits, clarification meetings and presentations/interviews. Award - w/c 16 February 2025 to 13 March 2026 Contract Commencement - 13 April 2026
• No preliminary market engagement: A Prior Information Notice (PIN) was previously published on 14 January 2025 (Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-001218 // Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04cff3). This is why a preliminary market engagement notice has not been published.

CPV: Construction work

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

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

29 Aug 2025, 15:42 BST

Last source update

29 Aug 2025, 15:48 BST

Award evaluation window

Submission end – 20 Feb 2026

Authority reference

12764

FTS notice number

2025/S 000-052551

Latest notice

Tender notice (UK4)

Classification (CPV)

Construction work

Delivery area

North West (UKD7)

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-0590b8 Find a Tender

How it runs

Due to the nature of the requirement and estimated value set out at 1.3, this procurement exercise is being undertaken in compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 (and as amended) (and appropriate secondary legislation). The Procedure being followed is the Competitive Flexible Procedure.

The ITP documentation should be read in conjunction with the Tender Notice and any other Procurement documents which have been made available at this stage of the Procurement.

The ITP includes the completion of a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and Quality Questions. The Total Weighted Score from the ITP stage will be used to rank Suppliers and determine which should be taken through to Invitation to Tender (ITT) Stage. The Council has indicated that will only take through the top 5 scoring Suppliers.

The successful Contractors will be given the opportunity to take part in a single stage Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the Design and Build of the above project at Project Halo, Langtree Way, St Helens.

The ITP and the associated documents are an invitation to prequalify only and do not constitute an offer to trade and the Client is not bound to conduct business on the basis of any submission received.

The draft tender stage documents are provided with this ITP. These are for information only at this stage, and are subject to change before commencing ITT Stage.

The draft award criteria for the ITT Stage is as follows and may be refined during the process:

Quality: 20%

Social Value: 10%

Price: 70%

Estimated/indicative timescales:

Application - 29 August 2025 to 27 October 2025

5no. Suppliers to be shortlisted for the ITT Stage (in the case of a 5th place tie, all Suppliers who are ranked 5th will be taken through to the ITT stage)

Tender - 27 October 2025 to 13 February 2026

As the proposed route to market is the Competitive Flexible Procedure, the Tender stage may involve site visits, clarification meetings and presentations/interviews.

Award - w/c 16 February 2025 to 13 March 2026

Contract Commencement - 13 April 2026

Requests to participate (first stage)

10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST

Submission deadline

10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST

Submission channel

Official e-sourcing portal

Electronic submission

Allowed

Accepted languages

en