Official UK procurement notice
APX055 - Competitive Land, Design and Build Competition for West Belfast Area.
Authority: Apex Housing Association (Housing)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEach Development (an individual Development Contract) is for the provision of social housing units in the West Belfast Area by means of design and build, where the Developer provides the land, designs, constructs and completes the scheme for Apex in accordance with the DfC Housing Association Guide, Employers Design Brief and statutory body requirements. Apex will consider mixed tenure developments that is where some of the homes are designed and built to be social housing and some may be affordable standard homes.
In the interests of providing an efficient housing management service, any one site must provide a minimum of 10 units.
The developers proposals must ensure each site includes a range of house types. It is a normal assumption from NIHE that 10% of any development should consist of standard wheelchair accommodation.
The estimated value is indicative only. The final contract value will depend on the site tendered, achievable development capacity, final approved housing mix and tendered Development Price per Unit. No minimum expenditure or contract value is guaranteed.
- How the procedure runs: This procurement will be conducted as a competitive flexible procedure under section 20(2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023. It may comprise the following stages. Stage 1 – PSQ and initial tender stage Developers must submit: • their completed PSQ Response; and • their initial Tender Response, comprising the required quality, social value and pricing submissions. PSQ Responses will first be assessed against the applicable conditions of participation on a pass/fail basis. The Tender Response of a Developer that does not satisfy the conditions of participation will not proceed to evaluation against the award criteria. The compliant Tender Responses will then be evaluated using the published award criteria, methodology and weightings. Following Stage 1, Apex may either: • proceed directly to award; or • conduct the optional Stage 2 described below. Stage 2 – Clarification, refinement and negotiation stage (optional) Apex may invite all Developers whose PSQ Responses have passed and whose Tender Responses remain compliant to participate in a further clarification, refinement and negotiation stage. Before that stage commences, Apex will notify the participating Developers of: • the scope of the stage; • the matters that may be clarified, refined or negotiated; • the process and timetable; and • whether revised or final Tender Responses must be submitted. Where final Tender Responses are required, they will be evaluated using the published award criteria and weightings. Apex will treat participating Developers equally and will not permit a modification amounting to a substantial modification of the procurement under section 31 of the Procurement Act 2023.
CPV: Building construction work · Construction work · Construction work for houses · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses · Sheltered housing construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 40%
- Total Cost Per Person Accommodated: 50%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Total Cost Per Person Accommodated
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Aug 2026, 13:42 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Aug 2026, 13:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
APX055- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080361- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ea90Find a Tender
- How it runs
This procurement will be conducted as a competitive flexible procedure under section 20(2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023. It may comprise the following stages.
Stage 1 – PSQ and initial tender stage
Developers must submit:
- their completed PSQ Response; and
- their initial Tender Response, comprising the required quality, social value and pricing submissions.
PSQ Responses will first be assessed against the applicable conditions of participation on a pass/fail basis. The Tender Response of a Developer that does not satisfy the conditions of participation will not proceed to evaluation against the award criteria.
The compliant Tender Responses will then be evaluated using the published award criteria, methodology and weightings.
Following Stage 1, Apex may either:
- proceed directly to award; or
- conduct the optional Stage 2 described below.
Stage 2 – Clarification, refinement and negotiation stage (optional)
Apex may invite all Developers whose PSQ Responses have passed and whose Tender Responses remain compliant to participate in a further clarification, refinement and negotiation stage.
Before that stage commences, Apex will notify the participating Developers of:
- the scope of the stage;
- the matters that may be clarified, refined or negotiated;
- the process and timetable; and
- whether revised or final Tender Responses must be submitted.
Where final Tender Responses are required, they will be evaluated using the published award criteria and weightings. Apex will treat participating Developers equally and will not permit a modification amounting to a substantial modification of the procurement under section 31 of the Procurement Act 2023.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
24 Aug 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published62 days ago24 Aug 2026, 13:42 BST
- Submission deadline37 days ago18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by6 days ago19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 37 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published24 Aug 2026, 13:42 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender