Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-03-15
Buyer: Apex Housing Association Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45100000: Site preparation work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45211000: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings | 45211100
Estimated value: 45000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Framework Agreement for the Provision of Sites and Design and Build of General Needs Social Housing and Affordable Housing for Sale Schemes
Apex Housing Association (“Apex”) provides housing and support at affordable costs for those in need. Apex aims to meet the particular requirements of families and individuals through the provision of accommodation and associated services for General Needs Social Housing and Affordable Housing for Sale. Apex has appointed qualified contractors onto a Framework Agreement for the Design and Build of General Needs Social Housing and Affordable Housing for Sale Schemes. The contractors will identify and bring forward sites and schemes for the provision of the delivery of General Needs Social Housing and/or Affordable Housing for Sale. The Framework is split into three different Lots, broadly within the areas of:
2) Derry City and Strabane, Antrim and Newtownabbey Mid and East Antrim and Newry City, Mourne and Down; and
3) Mid-Ulster, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Fermanagh and Omagh and Causeway Coast and Glens.
Sites for development should be located wholly or partly within Belfast City, Ards and North Down and Lisburn City and Castlereagh.
The intention is that call-off contracts for each Lot will be awarded directly to contractors appointed to the Framework Agreement without a further competition. Once the Framework Agreement is in place, Apex reserves the right at its sole direction to directly award contracts to a Developer who fulfils all the stated requirements to Apex's satisfaction where the Developer is able to demonstrate that they either:
(ii) have an exclusive contract to unconditionally purchase a site and could, on transfer, provide clear non-encumbered title to Apex. In addition, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (“NIHE”) must agree (in principle) to support each project brought forward for consideration.
Apex also reserves the right at its sole direction to award call-off contracts for each Lot by running a mini-competition between such contractors only. Where the Contractor does not own, nor have an exclusive contract to unconditionally purchase, a site for development, but where Apex owns a site which can be developed by the successful contractor(s), Apex may decide to use the Framework to run a mini-competition with all those contractors on the Framework who are eligible to take part in the mini-competition process to take forward a contract for building works.
The Framework Agreement will be for a duration of 4 years. This project was procured competitively and in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”). The procedure followed for this procurement was the Restricted Procedure (Regulation 28 of the Regulations).
Sites for development should be located wholly or partly within Derry City and Strabane, Antrim and Newtownabbey Mid and East Antrim and Newry City, Mourne and Down.
The intention is that call-off contracts for each Lot will be awarded directly to contractors appointed to the Framework Agreement without a further competition. Once the Framework Agreement is in place, Apex reserves the right at its sole direction to directly award contracts to a Developer who fulfils all the stated requirements to Apex's satisfaction where the Developer is able to demonstrate that they either:
(ii) have an exclusive contract to unconditionally purchase a site and could, on transfer, provide clear non-encumbered title to Apex. In addition, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (“NIHE”) must agree (in principle) to support each project brought forward for consideration.
Apex also reserves the right at its sole direction to award call-off contracts for each Lot by running a mini-competition between such contractors only. Where the contractor does not own, nor have an exclusive contract to unconditionally purchase, a site for development, but where Apex owns a site which can be developed by the successful contractor(s), Apex may decide to use the Framework to run a mini-competition with all those contractors on the Framework who are eligible to take part in the mini-competition process to take forward a contract for building works.
The Framework Agreement will be for a duration of 4 years. This project was procured competitively and in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”). The procedure followed for this procurement was the Restricted Procedure (Regulation 28 of the Regulations).
Sites for development should be located wholly or partly within Mid-Ulster, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Fermanagh and Omagh and Causeway Coast and Glens.


Winner: Western Building Systems Limited
Award value: 45000000
Number of bids: 9