Official UK procurement notice
A011PA - (Extra Care Build) - Coppins Court
Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)
Published estimate£16,500,000≈ £8.3m / year · £16,500,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 6 Apr 2026awarded 25 Jun 2026
Award (standstill) to Counties and Capital Consulting Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 7 Jul 2028 · starts 7 Jul 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEssex County Council (ECC) wishes to select a Registered Provider to build, own and manage an extra care scheme within Essex on an ECC owned site in Tendring District Council area. The scheme has full planning approval for a 60-apartment extra care scheme
The extra care scheme will provide accommodation for people with care and support needs including older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health needs and people with physical or sensory disabilities and people with dementia.
- No preliminary market engagement: Soft Market Testing - completed under old regs
CPV: Building completion work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£16,500,000
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
- Technical & professional ability
Must be a registered provider with the Regulator or Social Housing:
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 50%
- Climate: 10%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality: The quality criteria will be based on the response from each bidder to several technical questions and these questions will be assigned a weighting, dependent on its relative perceived importance. The questions will cover a number of areas including development and construction, management and facilities, use of schemes as community hubs, promotion of social inclusion, innovative practice, use of technology.
- Price: The price element will be based on the following areas, with weightings for each area to be agreed and defined: - Rents and service charges - Contribution to land cost. - Amount of subsidy requested
- Social Value: As part of the Council's commitment to delivering social value through public services, the Council's Themes, Outcomes and Measures (TOMs) framework will be used to assess the wider benefits of the work the Council does with other organisations and suppliers.
- Climate: To better reflect the Council's priorities around protecting and enhancing the Essex environment and supporting healthy communities, we have introduced additional mandatory environmental criteria for this procurement in the Technical Response section. These criteria focus on practical steps that developers will take to reduce environmental impact during construction, manage waste responsibly, and design buildings that are built to be energy-efficient.
Conditions of participation1
- Technical & professional ability
Must be a registered provider with the Regulator or Social Housing:
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Jun 2026, 16:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 7 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
A011PA- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000782- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e504Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 6 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
To be submitted via Procontract:
Timeline
20 Nov 2025 → 7 Jul 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published342 days ago20 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Tender notice published295 days ago6 Jan 2026, 15:55 GMT
- Next notice expected288 days ago12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions by226 days ago16 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline205 days ago6 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent125 days ago25 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published125 days ago25 Jun 2026, 16:46 BST
- Contract starts113 days ago7 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by112 days ago7 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends112 days ago7 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Nov 2025- Planned procurement notice published20 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMTUK3
- Tender notice published6 Jan 2026, 15:55 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active6 Jan 2026, 15:55 GMT
- Deadline moved to 6 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST6 Jan 2026, 15:55 GMT-7 days · was 13 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract award notice published25 Jun 2026, 16:46 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete25 Jun 2026, 16:46 BST
- Contract signature expected8 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £16,500,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Named bidders 3published on the award notice
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counties and Capital Consulting Ltd7 Aug 2026 – 7 Aug 2028 | £16,500,000 | 25 Jun 2026standstill to 7 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonCOUNTIES & CAPITAL CONSULTING LTD · South East England
- did not winBEN HOPE CARE LIMITED · Greater London
- did not winOrwell Housing Association Ltd · East of England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- BEN HOPE CARE LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- COUNTIES & CAPITAL CONSULTING LTDAwarded supplier
- Orwell Housing Association LtdBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender