Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-19
Buyer: Homes and Communities Agency
Country: UK
Region: YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45211000: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings
Estimated value: 8000000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is seeking to establish a framework of delivery partners who will work with the HCA and other contracting authorities who may decide to take advantage of this framework. The framework (known as DPP3) will be for 4 years and be split into 5 regional lots each with 35 suppliers dependent upon receiving sufficient compliant bids.
It is intended to be used for the procurement and development of housing-led sites. This will include all activities necessary to construct housing and associated infrastructure, marketing and sales and transfer of freehold to eventual owners.
The Scope of Works includes all activities necessary to deliver completed homes, including raising of development finance; means to share development risk and reward; planning promotion including masterplanning; obtaining planning permission; supply chain management; design and construction of homes; provision of starter homes and other forms of affordable housing (in association with a registered provider, Local Authority or alternative provider); design and construction of infrastructure to support housing; sales and marketing of homes; aftercare and maintenance; management of completed units/developments; soft market testing. Specifically this will include development and disposal of sites for residential use; development and disposal of mixed-use housing-led sites, mixed-use elements could include community facilities, retail or commercial development, open space ancillary to and in support of housing; construction of housing and other associated buildings to include community facilities, retail or commercial development ancillary to and in support of housing; direct commissioning of homes; refurbishment / retrofit of existing homes, residential buildings, empty homes and associated buildings; refurbishment, restoration, conversion of heritage or other buildings for residential led use; demolition, site remediation and enabling works to prepare sites for residential or mixed-use development; construction of infrastructure to support residential and mixed-use development; development of Extra Care accommodation, Independent Living accommodation, other accommodation for vulnerable people and private rented housing; development of student accommodation; off-site manufacture of homes, modular construction, system build; maintenance and site management; construction or development of buildings to provide social infrastructure to support residential or residential-led development, provision of custom build homes, provision of serviced self-build plots; provision of serviced development parcels within a larger development site.
It is likely that many of the projects procured through the panel will have long build-out durations and it is anticipated that some of these will take up to 10 years to complete.
Additional CPV codes and descriptions are: 70110000 — development services of real estate, 45211100 — construction work for houses, 45211200 — sheltered housing construction work, and 45211300 — houses construction work.
This Lot covers the geographical area covered by the HCA's North East Yorkshire & the Humber operating area. It is envisaged that there will be 35 participants in this lot of the panel dependent upon receiving sufficient compliant bids.
DPP3 will used by the HCA and also be made available to other public bodies as part of HCA's enabling role. DPP3 will be a key tool for the delivery of the HCA housing-led development. The HCA's Land Disposal Plan provides information on the sites we expect to bring to market.
HCA will support Partners in their use of the framework and HCA do not intend to place restrictions on the sizes of sites that a partner can procure through DPP3.
The values at II.1.5 and II.2.6 are a combination of the GDV for development opportunities and costs for funded works envisaged for the framework as a whole and for individual lots.
— sites below 50 units or GDV of 15 000 000 GBP, the HCA may use an unconditional freehold sale where more efficient. If procurement processes are needed DPP3 would be used,
It is envisaged that there will be 35 participants in this lot of the panel dependent upon receiving sufficient compliant bids.
All discussions, meetings and communications will be conducted in English. The contract will be subject to English law. Tenders and all supporting documents must be priced in GBP and all payments under the contract will be made in GBP.

Eligibility requirements: See invitation to tender document for details.

Award value: 8000000000