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Published 28 Sept 2026, 11:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

A013 PA - Extra Care Build - Rocheway

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

WorksOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£16,500,000≈ £8.3m / year · £16,500,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 6 Apr 2026awarded 28 Sept 2026
Award (standstill) to Counties and Capital Consulting Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsstarts 7 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Essex 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 Rochford 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: Published under PCR 15 Regulations

CPV: Building completion work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£16,500,000
Contract period: 7 Jul 2026 — 7 Jul 2028 (2 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: East of England
Value
£16,500,000 exc. VAT · £16,500,000 inc. VAT
45400000 Building completion work

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
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.
  • 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: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/registered-providers-of-social-housing

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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
28 Sept 2026, 11:31 BST
Last source update
28 Sept 2026, 11:31 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 7 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Authority reference
A013PA
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Building completion work
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fa02 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
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

Timeline

10 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published286 days ago
    19 Dec 2025, 10:28 GMT
  2. Tender notice published267 days ago
    6 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMT
  3. Next notice expected267 days ago
    6 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Clarification questions by198 days ago
    16 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Submission deadline177 days ago
    6 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  6. Contract starts86 days ago
    7 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
  7. Award decision expected by85 days ago
    7 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  8. Assessment summaries sent3 days ago
    28 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
  9. Latest notice published3 days ago
    28 Sept 2026, 11:31 BST
  10. Standstill endsin 9 days
    9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £16,500,0001 award inc. VAT — no net value published
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Counties and Capital Consulting LtdSMEA013PA - Extra Care Build - Rocheway1 Jan 2027 — 1 Jan 2032£16,500,000 inc. VAT28 Sept 2026standstill to 9 Oct 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders10—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Notice history

9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Dec 2025
  1. Contract signature expected
    31 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
  2. Contract award notice published
    28 Sept 2026, 11:31 BSTUK6
  3. Published value updated
    28 Sept 2026, 11:31 BST
  4. Status changed to complete
    28 Sept 2026, 11:31 BST
  5. Deadline withdrawn
    28 Sept 2026, 11:31 BST
  6. Tender notice published
    6 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMTUK4
  7. Status changed to active
    6 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMT
  8. Deadline moved to 6 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
    6 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMT+28 days · was 9 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
  9. Planned procurement notice published
    19 Dec 2025, 10:28 GMTUK3

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWVM-4844-NRQH County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QH

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Planned procurement notice planningPlanned procurement noticeUK3Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender